Hi Francis Two possibilities 1) Dan Robinson at UT Austin has an application that mimics IF-Ats that he uses in a computer lab setup.....he presented it at the Vancouver TBL conference http://tbl.apsc.ubc.ca/conferences/2007/#l 2) An instructor at UBCO has constructed an excel sheet that mimics the IF-AT.....he sent it to me about 3 years ago....if I can find it I will send it to you Dan has indicated interest in open sourcing his application and we probably could modify it for distance/online courses Jim -----Original Message----- From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Francis Jones Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 10:56 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: online equivalent to IFATs? Hello out there, My question requires a little pre-amble: One important pedagogic benefit of IFATs scoring sheets is the instant feedback. That is, erroneous choices are immediately identified and correct choices are arrived at directly, thus reducing the potential negative effects of "learning" wrong information from MC questions by processing and choosing erroneous distractors. This point is made in the following reference, and IFATs are identified explicitly as one way of minimizing this effect: "The memorial consequences of multiple-choice testing", Marsh, E.J., H.L. Roediger III, R.A. Bjork and E.L. Bjork, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2007, 14 (2), 194-199 My question to you all: Does anyone know of an online resource out there that can perform the same task instant feedback task as the IFAT forms? It should be easy - simply generate feedback for all choices (right or wrong), and don't permit progress through the test without finally making the correct choice, with of course scoring that is consistent with IFAT paradigm (4 for correct first time, 2 for two tries, 1 for 3 tries, and 0 for 4 or more tires.) I would have thought that course management systems (BlackBoard for eg) could do this - but as far as I can see, not yet. Any input would be appreciated - Francis. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- | Francis Jones, | Teaching & Learning Fellow & Lecturer (Geophysics) | EOS Science Education Initiative (eos-sei), | UBC Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI). | UBC Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, | 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, | [log in to unmask] or 604-822-2138. | http://www.eos.ubc.ca/public/people/faculty/F.Jones.html --------------------------------------------------------------