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






Michael Sweet, Ph.D.
Faculty Development Specialist
Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA)
University of Texas Austin
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