Thank you for the responses I received to this question. They are very helpful!
Trudi
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Subject: Re: Question about the appeals process for RATs
To echo this, I only grant the appeal if the poor wording lead to a
reasonable misunderstanding.
On 11/3/2010 1:16 PM, Emke, Amanda R. wrote:
> 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
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 1:04 PM
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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
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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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