Grade keypad answers so every answer earns points, encouraging students to record their best choice¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The article describes a concrete grading recipe used in the authors' non-anonymous keypad questions: 'no answer receives 0 points, any answer receives 3 points; the correct answer receives 10 points; and when there is a partially correct answer, that answer would receive variable credit.' With this system a student is encouraged to record an answer expected to be his/her best choice. Accumulated semester scores can count toward the course grade at the teacher's discretion and give early information about weak, poorly prepared or non-attending students.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A keypad system that records and grades answers per student in a computer file

Constraints¶

• Use of accumulated scores for course grades is at the teacher's discretion

Target Learners¶

• college/university students in large lecture courses

Target Learning Goals¶

• encouraging every student to commit to an answer
• accumulating summative assessment data over a semester

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

-

Key Sources¶

• Burnstein, R. A. and Lederman, L. M. (2007). Wireless Keypads −− A New Classroom Technology Using Enhanced Multiple-Choice Questions. Physics Education. https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0031-9120