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Subject: RE: [tips] RE: Why do you give MC tests? (was 'scantron
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Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 08:41:41 EDT
>"One reason I give them is students need to be able to show their
>knowledge and ability on multiple choice tests to get into graduate
>or
>professional programs and to get licenses for most professions. Our
>
>students have to write papers and essays in all our courses but get
>almost no practice at difficult multiple choice tests."
>
>That's very different from 2 year schools, where I have students who
>have
>taken many courses and have yet to write an essay for homework or as
>part of the
> test. All assessment is done by multiple choice test. Many of them
>have yet
>to write an essay EVER over the course of their careers.
>
>I think that most courses should offer a combination of these two
>activities/assessment strategies.
>
>Nancy Melucci
>Long Beach City College
>Long Beach CA
>
It really should not matter what format a test takes.It is my
belief that if one knows the material,it should not matter if it is a
short answer,true/false,fill-in-the blank,matching or an oral
response.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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