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Hi

I would worry if there is no partial credit...there is no incentive to
revisit the question solving discussion after a failed attempt....and a lot
of the value is students discussing the difficult question longer and being
forced to examine why they chose a particular wrong answer

If I was forced to get rid of partial credit....I would give zero for
scratching off all and 1 point if they got it on other scratches....this way
there is a least incentive to keep working on the question after a failed
attempt

BUT I would recommend staying with partial credit and explaining to the
students the learning opportunity afforded by partial credit

jim


On 09-10-06 3:30 AM, "Christine Kuramoto" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone uses the if-at in a strictly 'right or wrong'
> way rather than 3 points for correct answer, 2 on second try, 1 on third
> (or whatever other variation).  I've used the system for both the iRAT
> and tRAT, but my students are used to black and white tests, so don't
> seem to appreciate the partial credit for partial knowledge system.
> 
> I'm thinking that it might be better to just say you get points if it's
> the right answer and nothing if it's wrong--that's something they
> understand.  The partial credit for partial knowledge system also tends
> to really inflate the grades (which could be considered good, but here
> just seems to give me a reputation as teacher of the class that everyone
> passes).  I get the feeling that even colleagues think that if someone's
> not failing, then the class is too easy (but have no evidence to back up
> this "feeling").
> 
> Any thoughts on this?
> 
> C

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