FIAE Chapter 6

The author lets the reader know that it is effective to include both traditional and non-traditional questions in tests. A lot of my high school teachers actually did this. The tests I’d take would include multiple choice, true or false, short response, and essay questions. Sometimes all of these were in one test. The reason I liked multiple choice was because even if I did not know the material, I could still eliminate answers and pass the test with flying colors. This is not a good thing because there’s no way that I would retain that knowledge, because I simply guessed! Essay and short answer reponses are a good way to know what a student knows and what they do not know because the answer is not right in front of them. The little suggestions, like actually having Ts and Fs on true/false sections of a test, were helpful for me to read. I like the idea of including two special questions for students. My physics teacher would ask us on a test, “What did you study that was not on the test? Create your own question and then answer it.” This was great for me because I would study so hard using the study sheet the teacher gave us and a lot of what I had studied was not on the exam. This way, students won’t feel like they ‘wasted’ their study time.