Michael Sylvester wrote:
> do yo occasionally have bonus questions on a test which would give
> students an opportunity to get bonus points?
Short answer: Yes.
> what could be the various rationale for bonus points?
I make those particularly challenging concept-application type questions
when I use them and the rationale is to provide additional reinforcement
to students who have actually _mastered_ the course material, beyond a
"memorize and regurgitate" level.
Not surprisingly, most of the time, the students who attempt (and
complete) the bonus questions, are the very ones who don't need the extra
points anyway--they're clearly 4.0 students. But occasionally, otherwise
good students who do poorly in other areas of the graded work (i.e.,
writing essays or the term paper, etc.) or who missed scheduled quizzes,
etc., make up some of their losses through the bonus questions.
Rick
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