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astro300_f17:day5 [2017/09/13 22:08] – [Demos] tzick | astro300_f17:day5 [2017/09/14 18:00] (current) – [Administering Demos (15 min)] ccheng | ||
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Today we'll be continuing our discussion of how to write good free response questions and discuss how to approach a creating a rubric and grading. | Today we'll be continuing our discussion of how to write good free response questions and discuss how to approach a creating a rubric and grading. | ||
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+ | We'll also discuss the pros and cons of using demos and best practices when implementing them | ||
====General Takeaways==== | ====General Takeaways==== | ||
- Especially when writing free response questions, it can be useful to develop a grading rubric for each question as a way of ensuring that your questions are specific, clear, and not testing the same concept over and over again. | - Especially when writing free response questions, it can be useful to develop a grading rubric for each question as a way of ensuring that your questions are specific, clear, and not testing the same concept over and over again. | ||
+ | - Demos can be useful, but one should be wary of oversimplifying a concept or disengaging the class | ||
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- | ===== Multiple Choice and Free Response Questions (40 min) ====== | ||
- | + | =====Rubrics and Grading (30 min)===== | |
- | The students should have prepared one multiple choice question and one free response question as last week's homework. | + | |
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- | - (10 min) Share your questions with a partner. Have them attempt to answer the questions or at least determine what concepts were being probed and what would have constituted as an " | + | |
- | - For both: | + | |
- | * Is the wording clear? | + | |
- | * What concepts are being tested? | + | |
- | - For the multiple choice: | + | |
- | * Is there clearly only one correct answer? | + | |
- | * Are there any obvious throw-away answers? | + | |
- | * Are you able to rule out any response because of the wording alone (i.e., are there hints in the structure)? | + | |
- | - For the free response: | + | |
- | * Does part B test the small conceptual/ | + | |
- | * What if students cannot solve part A? What does that imply for part B? | + | |
- | * What sort of responses might students give under the pressures of an exam setting? | + | |
- | - (5-10 min) Come back as a class and discuss. | + | |
- | * Did you learn anything surprising? | + | |
- | * Is this easy? (Unfortunately, | + | |
- | * What part of question writing did you find the most difficult? | + | |
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- | =====Rubrics and Grading (40 min)===== | + | |
====Activity==== | ====Activity==== | ||
* Activity in groups of 2. Each group receives the same free response question. | * Activity in groups of 2. Each group receives the same free response question. | ||
- | * Have each group develop a key and rubric for the question. (5 minutes) | + | * Have each group develop a key and rubric for the question. (5 minutes) |
- | * Give each group one student response to that question (three different responses, one for each group). Have each student grade the quiz based on that rubric individually. (5 minutes) | + | * Give each group one student response to that question (three different responses, one for each group). Have each student grade the quiz based on that rubric individually. (10 minutes) |
* Have students compare your grade with others in the group and discuss. (10 minutes) | * Have students compare your grade with others in the group and discuss. (10 minutes) | ||
* Discuss as a class and recap the main ideas of grading as a class. (10 min) | * Discuss as a class and recap the main ideas of grading as a class. (10 min) | ||
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* Grade in blue or green. My (Aaron' | * Grade in blue or green. My (Aaron' | ||
* GRADE WHAT YOU TEACH AND TEACH WHAT YOU GRADE. | * GRADE WHAT YOU TEACH AND TEACH WHAT YOU GRADE. | ||
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+ | =====Quiz Exchange (20 minutes) ===== | ||
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+ | Take each other' | ||
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+ | * Quizzes are not just assessments of a student' | ||
+ | * Well constructed quizzes reward engagement with the material, test multiple levels of Bloom' | ||
+ | * Remember to take your own quiz slowly and time yourself. Multiply that time by ~3 to estimate how long it'll take your students. | ||
+ | * Don't grade in red pen! | ||
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==== Notes from Past Years==== | ==== Notes from Past Years==== | ||
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- | =====Administering Demos (15 min)===== | + | =====Administering Demos (15 min, if time)===== |
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