Hi Herb,

Yes, I’ve found that shorter is better. The longer th quiz the more it feels like a real “test”. In our trainings we advocate 10 at most.

Bill Roberson

Vancouver Island University

 

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So I just responded to my student evals from the fall.  As usual, the more vocal students railed against the RAP.  Even though we spent two weeks going over the syllabus and I explained the rationale for both the RAP and formative assessment, they still questioned the testing before lecturing (btw I do provide a brief study guide with instructions like "be able to tell the difference between...").

 

I explain the rationale to the powers that be and the students even parrot that I don't lecture over what they already know.  In the spirit of academic freedom, I feel I have cover.  

 

I was thinking the other day about another idea.  So first let me say that my IRQ/TRQ's (i label them quizzes to try to reduce the tension) are prolly too long.  I have reduced some to 20 items but 25-30 is my norm.  I'm totally convinced 30 is too long because they barely finish in a single class period. 

 

For some reason, during the last RAP, I flashed on the idea of a mini RAP.  What if the IRQ/TRQ was only 5 questions? the individual would take less than 10 min.  The team would take less than 30 min. including appeals.  I could review and even do a mini Application Exercise within the class period.  This might be one way to go in deep on a particular topic.  Has anyone tried something similar?  I have when I did workshops for faculty on TBL but I haven't with a regular class.   Any thoughts?

 

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Austin Community College
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