tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23903680.post6460718299796763219..comments2023-06-27T06:49:13.340-05:00Comments on Drew's Day: What am I trying to encourage with my exam policies?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23903680.post-41828331515659697012014-01-08T13:46:36.851-06:002014-01-08T13:46:36.851-06:00Trevor, thanks for your comment. Here's a post...Trevor, thanks for your comment. <a href="http://blog.drewsday.com/2013/05/new-rules-for-screencast-assignments.html" rel="nofollow">Here's a post I did</a> on screencasts, but I should update that or more fully explain it.<br /><br />Good luck with implementing SBG! I hope to hear more about it from you.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546307689313619934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23903680.post-75793490979609412612014-01-08T09:28:20.534-06:002014-01-08T09:28:20.534-06:00I'm currently researching and developing how t...I'm currently researching and developing how to incorporate SBG into my college-prep physics class next school year, and I found your thoughts on midterms and exams englightening. I'm having issues myself figuring out how to implement them and keep with the SBG philosophy.<br /><br />You mentioned student screencasting as homework. Do you have a post here where you go more into depth on how you do that? Policies, the technology you use, etc.? I think having students use screencasting as a way of reassessment is a fantastic idea, and I'll definitely be looking more into it.Trevorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00307296861671356438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23903680.post-37393363801490200052014-01-08T07:47:05.705-06:002014-01-08T07:47:05.705-06:00Thanks for sharing this article and your experienc...Thanks for sharing this article and your experience with your class, Pat! <br /><br />I'm really impressed with the statement: "They owned their learning." That's got to be an incredible experience.<br /><br />You've given me a lot to think about. Thanks for the feedback!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546307689313619934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23903680.post-26318157326692200392014-01-08T00:14:10.443-06:002014-01-08T00:14:10.443-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281780636022038290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23903680.post-26811084728916466872014-01-08T00:14:10.017-06:002014-01-08T00:14:10.017-06:00http://psych.wustl.edu/memory/Roddy%20article%20PD...http://psych.wustl.edu/memory/Roddy%20article%20PDF%27s/Roediger%20&%20Karpicke%20(2006)_PsychSci.pdf<br /><br />I went from teaching a daily Statics class to a block twice a week. I thought the level of preparedness was going to go down drastically so I thought I better quiz them everyday. <br />I posted all lectures online and quizzed students on Monday at the start of class over the lectures we would cover for the week. The lectures had solved example problems, multiple choice review questions, and basic info. I cut and pasted directly from the lectures. No surprises. They could use any hand written notes on the quiz. This quiz is individual. <br />On Wednesday, we would cover the last of the material and because students had already read and studied the lectures, in class time was more in depth discussions and a more difficult problems. We would work a difficult problem in class. Then they would get a group quiz that covered the material and they had open book open notes. But challenging quizzes. <br />This was the best prepared group of students that I have ever had. They destroyed my tests. Questions that would have had my past students fumbling, 90% of the class were solving them in "none traditional" methods. They owned their learning. <br />Half way through the quarter in our faculty journal club, a colleague shared the paper I shared above and what I was experiencing in the classroom was what is shared in this paper. <br />I have all students in teams of four and they have team homework and I only grade one quiz for the Wednesday quiz - the one they select. <br />Tests are still individual and the final.<br />I also had students right down what they were still struggling with on the back of the Monday quiz - this was amazing because the were reaching meta-cognition faster. I would then tailor the Wed class for their struggles and then push them all. <br /><br />First test I pulled most of questions from homework, examples, and material that they should have seen. They did quite well on the test. But I think this encouraged them to master the material for the rest of the quarter. I could have made a challenging test to start - but I just kept on increasing the difficulty instead. But as I said earlier - they where prepared. They owned the class. <br /><br />I have many of them in the second class, Mechanics of Materials, and I'm doing the same thing - quizzes everyday. All individual this time. I'll let you know how it goes. Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281780636022038290noreply@blogger.com