Saturday, May 14, 2011

Multiple choice exams: good, bad, or just ugly?

I survived Gradefest 2011.

Barely.

I clearly need to work on strategies to become more efficient at grading.  One (perhaps obvious) solution would be to implement multiple choice...  but I am not sure how I feel about multiple choice exams.

I am pretty sure how my students feel about them (we hatesssss it).


Are multiple choice final exams okay?  What about if you haven't given multiple choice exams throughout the semester?  Are there better ways to evaluate students that won't break the grading bank?