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  • Beginners’ guide to Locate questions

    “Locate X in this image” is conceptually straightforward, and Locate questions are not especially subtle. Obvious uses are maps and diagrams. You can also do clever things by turning

  • Cloze vs. multiple choice

    A pros and cons list for quiz authors. 

  • Promote Yacapaca in your school with these free posters

    To help you raise enthusiasm for Yacapaca in the school, we now have a fantastic set of posters to put up in the ICT Suite and the Staffroom.

  • Self marking homework – Yacapaca

    Originally posted on misschambersict: Homework is one of those things students expect to get & teachers expect to set.  However, it can be a real pain to set, mark, collect, track, etc.  From September it was introduced as part of the school’s LIP & it’s something that’s become increasingly part of my own development as…

  • Misleading question statistics

    I threw this question into the 2014 Christmas quiz with no real expectation that anyone would get it. The (possibility of a) Technological Singularity is something every kid needs to grow up being aware of, so this was my contribution to building awareness. But look! 40% got it! That is double the guess rate, so…