Get Your Students Hired
In this section we went over different testing strategies, and their pros/cons. It's interesting to see the different ways these questions can be useful to students depending on the context they're studying.
I've learned a number of considerations to consider when making multiple choice answers, and plan to implement them.
During evaluating students mastery of the course keep in mind the students ability to know, understand, and apply the key facts.
There are many different ways to measure student mastery. Creative assessment can help those who are not traditional learners demonstrate competency.
So many types of questioning. I think I would like to experiment with them to see what would work best in my class. As a welding instructor we do welding test to measure mastery of processes and task at hand.
True and false questions don't often have a place in mathematics as I need to see their process.
In my trade I prefer a hands-on testing as well as a paper test using true/false and multiple choice questions to get them to think. I avoid essay questions because not all of my students have the best vocabulary.
In this section I was able to understand how to develop questions in a way that will promote reliable outcomes of the students.
I prefer fill-in-the-blank questions over multiple choice. I've found they increase student knowledge retention instead of having a 25% chance at guessing the correct answer and walk away learning less.
Different style questions are needed to see mastery of lessons. Wording of the questions can make the question easier or harder to answer. Some questions that are not thought out can be answered by simply using prior knowledge and not what was taught in a lesson.
I don't remember doing analogies in school so when I took the Millers Analogy test I was not prepared.
This module explained how to properly assess student's knowledge by using a variety of methods such as true/false and matching.
Automotive technology tests are designed after the ASE certification exams. True/false and multiple choice questions, with a Tech A/Tech B states approach. Students have to decide which statements from two different Tech's are correct. This form of testing prepares them for the certification exams.
During our Adobe Certification testing the students are a multiple choice test portion and a skills portion of the test. I think this gives students a chance to express their skills in both ways of testing.