Karen,
One way you could still use MCQ and the IF-AT forms to assess student
knowledge of "list" information, is to have a question something like the
following:
"The text lists 5 key elements of authentic learning. Which is the
following is NOT a key element?"
Then you would want to work hard to think of something that would look, to
a novice, like a good thing but is not one of the 5 key elements.
Dee Fink
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Karen Milligan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree that it is not easy to write multiple choice questions. I think
> that the important idea is that you get the big picture. Remember that this
> is a test to see if the students are prepared. It is different from the
> kind of test that you would give after lectures and other learning
> activities. At this point you want students to have a general understanding
> but not the complete kind of understanding you would be testing after
> learning activities.
>
> I also think that what you want is the kind of question that will get good
> discussion and be able to be answered quickly. So the forced choice of a
> MCQ does that. But I have found that you can ask some other kinds of
> questions that meet these requirements. For example, if there are 5 steps
> to something or 3 main characters then ask a listing question. I sometimes
> take the headings of the chapter and make into listing questions. For
> example in my educational technology course in the chapter on using
> technology to support authentic learning the text has 5 characteristics of
> authentic learning with a section heading for each so I ask the students to
> list the 5 key elements of authentic learning. I have also used matching
> and fill in the blank. Since these don't work with the IF-AT forms I
> developed a way to use powerpoint presentations and answer card sets when I
> don't have computers to give immediate feedback.
>
> Karen
>
> Dr. Karen Milligan, Associate Professor
> Box 71874
> Carson-Newman College
> Jefferson City, TN 37760
> Phone: 865-471-3484
> Fax: 865-471-3475
>
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