I do exactly the same thing and find that very few students, indeed take
advantage of this. They really do think they know the answer, or they don't
know enough to rationalize a challenge.
Annette
Quoting Jeff Bartel [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I do something similar, though my approach has the
This procedure might be confusing to the students. The chance points
are the same for all students and operate like adding a constant to
everyone's test score. It's the student's position on the frequency
distribution that counts--at least, if you grade on a curve.
--Dave
Rick Froman
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From: David Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 4:26 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes
This procedure might
on 12/11/2004 6:22 PM Bill Scott said the following:
Here's an alternative. I've tried it and students like it. The
procedure also allows you to get an assessment regarding what material
the students are feeling confident about regarding their mastery.
Print each test item twice. Tell the
In grading some recent three-choice multiple choice quizzes, I noticed
that a couple of students got fives and one got a four which got me to
thinking that, over the course of five quizzes, students are actually
receiving 25 points of extra credit, on average, for knowing nothing.
Has anyone ever
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From: Rick Froman
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 5:01 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: RE: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes
I don't grade on a curve because I don't think
11, 2004 4:26 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes
This procedure might be confusing to the students. The chance points
are the same for all students and operate like adding a constant to
everyone's test score. It's
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Subject: Re: Correcting for chance grading on multiple choice quizzes
This procedure might be confusing to the students. The chance points
are the same for all students and operate like adding a constant
