Michael,
That is a REALLY neat example. I am hanging onto that!
Thanks, Dee
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Sweet, Michael S <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:
> Gang,
>
> This is old hat to some, but I like it as a way to stimulate Evaluation
> level thinking with an MCQ.
>
> Basically, you have students apply their conceptual knowledge to evaluate a
> piece of writing.
>
> For example:
>
>
>
> Q) A student was asked the following test question: "List in order and
> briefly describe Tuckman's stages of group relationship development."
>
> The student wrote:
>
> Tuckman's original group development model included four stages: Forming,
> in which group relationships are characterized by anxiety and low
> performance; Storming, in which roles are contested and there are sometimes
> power struggles; Norming, in which the group members settle into functional
> roles and habits; and Performing, in which group members have energy
> available to them to work well as a group.
>
> The student's answer:
>
> a) Lists all of Tuckman's original stages in the correct order and with
> accurate descriptions.
>
> b) Lists all of Tuckman's stages but they are either out of order or some
> descriptions are inaccurate.
>
> c) Does not include all of Tuckman's original stages, or they are out of
> order, or some descriptions are inaccurate.
>
>
>
>
> -M
>
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> Michael Sweet, Ph.D.
> Faculty Development Specialist
> Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA)
> University of Texas Austin
> MAI 2206 * (512) 232-1775
>
> "Teaching is the profession that makes all other professions possible." -
> Todd Witaker
>
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