Questions and ANSwers
Take a shot (or two) at removing these types of questions from your exams; they ask multiple things at the same time!
What are double-barreled questions?
Publicly speaking on a given topic, either in-person or pre-recorded.
What is a presentation?
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours... This involves a second pair of eyes and is mandatory for all assessments.
What is peer review?
Clearly communicating to students about important deadlines, what the learning objectives are, and how they will be assessed, is an example of this.
What is transparency?
When you combine a "scoring guide to evaluate the quality of student’s assignment submissions” with a colorful 1980s puzzle toy, you get this.
What is a rubrics cube?
Preparing a written exam in ANS? Make sure to finalise and approve it this many working days before the exam.
What is five?
An academic essay, for example.
What is a written assignment?
Introverts rejoice! These types of assignments cannot count for more than 33% of the total course grade.
What are group assignments?
Making sure assessment is equitable, just, and impartial is an example of this.
What is fairness?
Exam questions can be re-used after this many years have passed.
What is two?
A test of knowledge with open and closed questions.
What is a written exam?
You can put your hand down; you can’t earn more than 10% of your grade from this.
What is participation?
Making sure assessment results are consistent, accurate, and reproducible is an example of this.
What is reliability?
This feature in ANS accounts for students submitting random answers. It keeps things fair, so don't adjust it without permission from your EPD.
What is guess correction?
A conversation with at least two teachers present, though this type is generally not preferred.
What is an oral exam?
This is when a course's learning outcomes, activities, and assessment are all in harmony.
What is constructive alignment?
An assignment which is useful, meaning it adds practical value to students’ learning, is said to have this.
What is utility?
The exam question was put in this type of sentence structure by the lecturer . . . and it should have been more active!
What is a passive sentence structure?
A mind-map, podcast, or vlog, for example.
What are miscellaneous assignments?
You take the blue pill and the story ends. You take the red pill, and you update this assessment related document every year.
What is an assessment matrix?
Making sure an assessment measures what it’s supposed to measure is an example of this.
What is validity?