No test
Assessing the knowledge and skills of students is a task that requires careful planning. What are the criteria you use for selecting a particular testing format and how do you determine how effective the format has been in allowing your students to demonstrate their new knowledge or skill base?
In my multi-media class, I don’t have any test since the projects require students to demonstrate the ability to use the software most effectively. In other classes the test are a combination of multiple choice, SA, and matching to help me cover a large body of information but also require student to prove that they aren’t guessing with the SA questions.
Hi Cherry - Thanks for your post to the forum. Yes, when a competency is skill based performance testing is necessary. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
We as well have written and performance tests. I perfer the performance tests. I do find that some students find it intimadating. So they tend to do better on the written test. The experiance of the performance test, i feel, gets them ready for real life job evaluations.
I also work wiht no test in my class. I work int he graphics industry. I only give them quick quizes on stuff they need to know suchs as short cut keys, industry terms like (cmyk, rgb, dpi, ect), and a few other standards and termanology. For most part repetition, and the use of skill in the project is the best way I learn thtat graphics students learn not test.
We have the best of both worlds. we have a hands on evaluation and written evaluation. Most of the students do much better with the hands on. but we always have a few that do better with the written.
I have debated the idea of eliminating tests from my course as well in favor of developing a project that will require the students to synthesize information learned over the couse. Glad to know I'm not crazy for thinking this way!
