Dear Tipsters, Karl wrote:
I once, in a large class and with multiple forms of the exam (same questions, different order), mistaking used one form that had the questions appearing in order of the page in the text on the topic was presented. Performance on that form was about a letter grade higher than on the form with items scrambled. Comment: I assume that the implication here is that the higher letter grade is spurious. If that is the implication, I wonder why. That is, why is it problematic for students to obtain more correct answers when the questions are in the same sequence as the topics in the textbook? To put this another way, why is randomizing questions a good thing? My hunch is that if students benefit by seeing connections among questions, then that is a good thing! Sincerely, Stuart ______________________________ "Rectu Cultus Pectora Roborant" Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke (Borough of Lennoxville), QC J1M 1Z7, Canada. "Floreat Labore" ______________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=17647 or send a blank email to leave-17647-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
