Revision, that is. My MIL sent me some tests from some high school student she knows, and this girl had failed her chemistry tests the first time around. She went back, fixed all the problems, and wrote one to two paragraphs explaining her mistake and the correct answer. If they were good enough, she got [...]
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They get to do it in English class….
Posted in assessment, students, tagged revision, tests on March 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The test, and grades
Posted in assessment, homework on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two of my classes have C + averages, both overall and on the most recent test. The other class has an A- average. Is it me or them? How can I teach both these classes the same stuff at approximately the same pace.
I discovered something interesting while looking at my class summaries on Easy Grade [...]
An Open-Ended Test
Posted in assessment, tagged open-ended test on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think some of my students are going to HATE the upcoming test. This test came from two places. First, I like to give my students a chance to “show me what they know,” and not just what I ask them. Second, it came from the joy of stoichiometry that I discovered when discussing games.
I [...]
The River
Posted in assessment, chemistry, ideas, planning, tagged environmental chemistry unit on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been expanding on my environmental chemistry unit idea. The only problem is that I am not sure if six weeks is enough time. That is what I have between Spring Break and the end of the year. It would encompass just about everything we will do. Electrochemistry, Acid/Base chemistry, concentration, ions and metals, [...]
Resolutions
Posted in assessment, planning, students, tagged assessment, grading, planning, resolutions, students on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I find making resolutions very useful. The only time I don’t make resolutions is New Year’s =). Progress reports are in for my students, and I am going to try to give myself one. Come to think of it, I should make an online survey for them so they can give me one too.
1. More [...]
My First Unit Test
Posted in assessment, tagged test on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think it is a good test in many ways. However, it was a little too long. Very few people finished it. I have decided the most fair thing to do is to give them more time on it tomorrow.
A few of the questions I think they all did the hard way. I have realized [...]
The Perils of Gloating
Posted in assessment, chemistry, tagged drawings, quiz, retake, revision on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I gloated a little too soon.
The quiz results were not exactly what I expected. Well, the math went as expected. Most students improved over their homework, but some still forgot that Boyle’s Law is different, and some still rearranged their equations wrong. But overall it was better for most students.
The drawings, not so much. [...]
The Purpose of a Quiz
Posted in assessment, purpose, tagged math, quiz on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, I thought I had about 30 minutes of grading. Everyone seemed to find the equations and homework easy. I was going to grade their homework on a credit, half-credit, no credit basis. Ahhhhhh, the honors students.
The first one I graded I actually used as a key, it was so perfect. Then, things went [...]
