Re: change
Posted by aggie'swife on 7/10/08
You may want to also consider that "safety net" for lack of a
better description.
Considerations:
Administration - are they supportive?
Parents -- helicopter??? highly educated? Like to argue???
Grade determination --- what is the total combination?
Perhaps it would be good to take into consideration those that
don't do well on essays (which can be considered subjective) and
have a mix of multiple choice (objective) and the essays. It may
be less of a headache to you in the long run and you will still
achieve your goal.
On 7/10/08, MelissafromVA wrote:
> I did that this year in my high school gov't class. I really
> loved the change. Some of the students (the harder working
> ones mostly) also loved it, because it lowered the
> possibility of cheating quite a bit. Of course, some of my
> students complained, but their reasons were "The test is
> harder now!" so I can't really validate that!
>
> I was concerned that grading would be difficult and time
> consuming, but it really didn't take all that much longer.
> The biggest benefit was that I could see exactly which
> concepts certain students did not understand. For example,
> in a test over Congress a student might complete the
> requirement chart correctly, but mix up the "How a bill
> becomes a law" chart.
>
> Give it a try! You can always go back. You could also slowly
> incorporate the short answer questions (fewer and fewer
> multiple choice at a time, more short answer.)
> -MelissafromVA
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> On 7/09/08, zodea wrote:
>> How often do you change things in your classes? For
>> instance, next year will be my fourth year teaching
>> chemistry. I am moving to more open ended essay type
>> questions than multiple choice questions.
>>
>> I think these types of questions will make students think
>> more and make cheating more difficult. Mostly I just want
> a
>> change.
>>
>> I'm just curious if this is normal or if I should stick to
>> tried and true methods.
>>
>> zodea
Posts on this thread, including this one
- change, 7/09/08, by zodea.
- Re: change, 7/10/08, by MelissafromVA.
- Re: change, 7/10/08, by aggie'swife.
- Re: change, 7/10/08, by zodea.
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