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  • How the Analytics pages fit together

    How the Analytics pages fit together

    Yacapaca has a dozen different analytics views, depending on exactly what you count as “analytics”. The table below shows the structure. Time progression Block of time Single assignment Individual student 5. Evidence 6. Parent reports Gradebook averages* Gradebook* Activity log* Detail* Student Set 7. Progress chart 8. Progression with metadata 4. Progress in topics 2. Quiz…

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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…