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	Re: Final exam length Posted by bernoulli on 4/20/08 On 4/19/08, JPC wrote: > I am writing a final exam for an Introductory Anthropology > course I have taught for the first time. All of the quizzes > so far were multiple choice, and I curved them pretty > heavily. The final is going to be short answer and essay, > and the period they have to take it in is 2 hours. How many > questions can I reasonably put on it? I'm going to give > them a review sheet (after I've drafted it) that will tell > them what to "focus" on--but it will basically (unbeknownst > to them) be telling them what it is on. How many questions, > short answer and essay, are appropriate? Thanks! Keep in mind that you have to grade what you asked for. I would suggest you seriously consider not making the exam any longer than you need to cover the material. It can be a random sample of the questions, not a 100% inspection and still get the job done. That being said, I think part of the answer is in the culture of your school. For all four of my degree programs I retrieved every every final exam. I still have them for all my graduate work. But at the school I teach at, students never go back to retrieve or review their final exams. So in educational terms it is not a learning experience since they never find out what they really know or don't know. My first year of teaching I spent days grading carefully crafted final exams only to be disappointed that the students didn't want to learn from them. I changed my strategy and (in all but one hybrid class) I give fresh-made, problem solving or short answer mid-term exams and quizzes all during the term. These are intended to be learning experiences. I even post copies of old exams so they are commonly available. But I give reusable, validated multiple choice final exams or reuse old exams. The two advantages of this are: (1) Faster grading, and (2) they give me a valid instrument to compare results over time. Also, how many questions you give depends on how long the answers are you would be expecting. Posts on this thread, including this one Final exam length, 4/19/08, by JPC. Re: Here's "rule of thumb" from GED & ACT prep, 4/20/08, by marjoryt. Re: Final exam length, 4/20/08, by bernoulli. Re: Final exam length--a question, 4/21/08, by ap.

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