Knowledge Checks: Design and Methodology
July 14, 2008 12:00 AM
I don't know what your subject is, so this suggestion may not apply.While each knowledge check could be multiple choice questions, I think you may hold interest better if you have the luxury of mixing it up a bit. Throw in some text field questions or "simulation" questions.The text field questions should naturally have easy-to-parse answers. Asking for the number "3" is easy to code. Looking for someone to type, "The hypotenuse is the square root of the sum of the squares of the other two sides," is unreasonable.The simulation questions are good for application tutorials. You can provide a screenshot and have the user click on a certain area. Even if you aren't basing it on applications, you may be able to get by with some sort of illustration (like identifying body parts or car engine parts). Again, I don't know what you're working with. It may only make sense to have one question type over and over again. But it may do your students a favor if you break up the monotony by having different question types.Kevin
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