I would voice my agreement that 1) if students are appealing based on a
poorly-worded question, I only grant appeals that include an
appropriately re-written MCQ in the correct MCQ format (which they have
an explanation of and examples on-line) that tests the same knowledge at
the same educational level and 2) appeals are only taken via e-mail for
48 hours after the TBL session and no appeals are answered until after
48 hours (this prevents students waiting to see if an appeal was
accepted before submitting one or finding out why an appeal was accepted
before submitting theirs). One of our TBL facilitators requires 2
sources NOT given in the suggested resources to back up appeals.
A little in-class discussion about confusion is good, but if they are
debating how you worded or wrote a question, I have found through
personal experience, that this quickly dissolves into bickering and does
not facilitate learning.
Amanda R. Emke, MD
Course Master, Pre-Clinical Pediatrics
Washington University School of Medicine
Instructor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Fellow, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Washington University Physicians
St. Louis Children's Hospital
One Children's Place, NWT Box 8116
St. Louis, MO 63110
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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Subject: Re: Question about the appeals process for RATs
I agree with Michael about delaying the appeal to avoid bickering.
However, if the team's case for "confusing wording" is sound, then I
would certainly grant the appeal. After all, that would be a matter of
test fairness. Providing that the team is not simply "scrounging" for
marks, more often than not I allow such appeals on the principle that
clear, unambiguous test language is a tough target to hit -- even for
experienced test writers.
Regards,
Brent MacLaine
Brent MacLaine, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of English
University of Prince Edward Island
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>>> "Jacobson, Trudi E" <[log in to unmask]> 03/11/2010 2:13
PM >>>
I wonder if I can get the benefit of your advice about appeals. I
don't have them very often, but did today. The team's reason for
appealing had no merit (and was based on confusing wording, rather than
factual error, so there is no evidence the students went back to the
readings to follow up). My inclination in a case like this is not to
award any points just for appealing, but I do know that others think a
bit of credit is due for undertaking the appeal. I would be most
interested in knowing how others think. Is there a benefit to awarding
a few points?
Thank you!
Trudi
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