Nancy (below) said exactly what I wanted to say, but did it better.
Rip Pisacreta
>
>I am not a geezer, but I also never touched a multiple choice test after
>high
>school. The exams at my school were all essay and we also read not
>textbooks
>but original source material.
>
>For this reason, although I include multiple choice questions on in-class
>tests, I eschew scantrons, I always require at least two essays, and also
>require a couple of short papers, even in intro classes.
>
>I think part of the reason that students don't perform is because WE expect
>that they can't handle the demands that should be made upon them. To me,
>receiving a college education receiving what should be further training
>(begun at the elementary level) in writing out one's thoughts and
>synthesizing/applying concepts. Exclusively giving multiple choice,
>scantron
>tests with NO other course requirements is IMO doing students a
>disservice...
>
>Nancy Melucci
>LACCD
>
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