« Discussion: Formative and Summative Assessment (15 mins)

Amy Cottrill

embedded quizzes

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Matthew Rhoades Pete Van Zandt MG AL JG
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As I move RE 205 online for the summer of 2020, I am aware that I will be doing more in a shorter period of time and online.  I think formative quizzes might be a good step to reinforce some of the material,much as we do in these modules.  Some quizzes that are embedded in the assignments means that students have immediate feedback about their comprehension of basic concepts, which will be especially important in an online class in which I am not physically present to orally correct misunderstandings.  I don't yet know if those quizzes will be graded or not. And I don't know how to do embed a quiz!  So there is some technological skill I need to acquire.
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  1. Post by Jeremy Grall
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    I will be facing the same issues this summer and will doing something similar in my classes this summer. For me the balance will be between automatically graded work to provide instant feedback, and having students turn in more substantial work that will allow me to assess it more thoroughly.
  2. Post by Alan Litsey
    Formative feedback
    I like your idea of the quiz. I'm considering a combination of Moodle posts that challenge students to solve outcome-related problems. I can also imagine using a quiz tool to measure student understanding and provide feedback. 
  3. Post by Megan Gibbons
    Online quizzes
    I like these ideas.  I think I will give my students some quizzes in which they have several chances to earn a "passing" grade before they can move on to the next module/section.
  4. Post by Pete Van Zandt
    Moodle quizzes
    I think the minimum passing grade feature of a Moodle quiz is a good compromise that I haven't used, but might after seeing it in this course. There is also an option for providing automatic feedback for incorrect choices when creating a Moodle quiz. So if they choose an incorrect answer, the text comes up that provides feedback like, "this answer is incomplete because...".
  5. Post by Matthew Rhoades
    Class Readings and Moodle Quizzes
    We (in Physics) use 2-3 question Moodle Quizzes we call WarmUps. They are to be done after the reading for the upcoming class, they are due the evening before the class, and we go in and choose 2-3 student examples per question to show students at the beginning of class what good answers and answers that need work look like. The questions are usually a blend of an explanation, a computation, and multiple choice. It also shows us where the understanding of each student is and the class so we can focus on misunderstandings from the readings.
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