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Great teachers spend less time marking and more time teaching
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Way back in the mists of time, on a hot Friday afternoon, I was doing classroom observation with a generally low-attaining Year 10 group. This was in the days before
New author Bob Mathews has been experimenting with different ways to create Maths questions. He is using MathType to create some very sophisticated notation, but the problem is how to present this in quizzes. Bob explains I had to save the equation as a GIF, upload the GIF, then drag it over to the quiz.…
Yacapaca has six question types, ignoring the numerous permutations. Which are the most popular with authors, and which tend to be the best-written? I recently ran an analysis of the 135,513 questions in the database. More than half are straight multiple choice. Come on, folks – get more
The summer is upon those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, and I know you are just bursting to get down to some serious quiz authoring. So just in time, we have launched a new tool to help you raise your game – question quality metrics. Here’s the essential FAQ: Where do I see the…
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