I haven't done quite what Ereica Klein suggests, but I have for years asked
students to propose questions for my exams -- very few of which seem to me to
be usable, let alone creative or interesting. I introduced a DIY (Do It
Yourself) Quiz assignment in History of psychology a year or two ago, which
went a little better, esp. if on a topic on which I had NOT lectured. (I think
there was less fear of missing the 'right' questions or of including 'stupid'
answers if it was their topic, not mine.) Maybe my students (or maybe it's me!)
need to take Erica's class. Hope she'll let us know how her idea turns out and
pass on some tips for good question-construction.
-David
Erica Klein wrote:
> I'm going to try something new this week. On Monday I'm going to ask my
> Intro to I/O students to write some multiple choice test questions and
> bring them on Tuesday. I'll talk about some basic concepts of item writing
> (e.g. what is a good distracter). Then on Tuesday I'll go over the
> questions with the class - we can critique them as items and also review
> the subject matter at the same time. Then I plan to actually use the best
> questions on the multiple choice final exam (90% of the questions will be
> from me and test bank).
>
> Attendance has of course dipped this last week of summer session, I think
> this will be a nice value-added for those students who choose to attend.
>
> Anybody ever try this?
> Erica
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> Erica Klein
> University of Houston
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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David G. Likely, Department of Psychology,
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, N. B., E3B 5A3 Canada
History of Psychology:
http://www.unb.ca/web/psychology/likely/psyc4053.htm
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