Posts Tagged ‘impact of testing frequency on student performance’
October 14 - Do More Tests Lead to More Learning?
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Educational Assessment
Most college teachers assume that more tests are better than a few. Why? What caused us to decide on three or four unit tests followed by a final? Is there evidence that students don’t do as well in courses where there are only a midterm and a final? Why do we think that more tests might be better? And what do we mean by better? Higher grades? More learning?
April 22 - Giving Students Multiple Attempts to Improve Test Scores Provides a Powerful Learning Opportunity
By: Aimee Luebben, EdD. in Educational Assessment
Using multiple test trials was something I had never considered until found myself in a newly assigned course with an old syllabus. The previous course, which consisted of 310 total points, included 140 (45 percent) testing-based points. In addition to a 100-point final exam, there were four 10-point quizzes. I was intrigued by the quiz design format that allowed students to take the quiz up to three times over the course of a week, with the average score added to the grade book.
December 3 - Teaching Strategies: Frequent Exams = Better Results for Students
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Educational Assessment
It’s not a new finding — in general, more exams lead to better grades—but it’s always nice when research confirms some of our best practices in teaching. In the educational assessment study referenced below [...]
