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  • 62.5% is the ideal quiz score. Here’s why

     What is the optimum average score for a quiz? 100%? Not in my view. It is 62.5%, or a number close to that. When using a quiz as a summative assessment, your goal is maximum discrimination. That is, you want to be able to see as clearly as possible which students have ‘got it’ and…

  • Time to update the Gap Analysis for your quizzes

    Time to update the Gap Analysis for your quizzes

    Every quiz has, or should have a Gap Analysis template. The is the set of key concepts that the quiz addresses, that is reported to both teachers and students so that you/they can track what has, and what has not, been grasped. It is a really powerful feature for both learners and teachers, that is…

  • Assessment is sampling, and this has consequences

    The structure of knowledge is a complex thing. Very rarely can it be codified as a simple set of statements. There are facts, yes, but also links, opinions, metaphors, context, images (both mental and physical) and much more to boot. Exam boards put enormous effort into trying to distinguish between those students who have ‘got…

  • Improve comprehension by re-stating ‘not’ questions into positives

    Here is a question from our database, with one of its distractors (incorrect answers), and a feedback statement written by a student: Question Distractor Feedback statement written by student Which one of the following is not a network topology? Bus Bus is not a network topology. Do you see the problem? ‘Bus’ is indeed a…

  • 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