http://www.turning-talk.com/category/tagging/assessment The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.turning-talk.com/content/education-week-five-assessment-myths-and-their-consequences <p>Attached is an interesting article that was published in Educaiton Week regarding assessment. Let me know if you agree or disagree with these myths!</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/k-12" class="og_links">K-12 School Zone</a></li> </ul></div> http://www.turning-talk.com/content/education-week-five-assessment-myths-and-their-consequences#comments K-12 School Zone assessment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:46:05 -0500 trooks 2127 at http://www.turning-talk.com http://www.turning-talk.com/content/all-questions-are-not-created-equal-writing-stem <p>I thought a few suggestions on creating quality multiple choice questions that assess for learning could be useful with our TurningPoint products. I will post these in several parts based on the elements of a multiple choice question. Let's start with some common terminology:</p> <p><strong>Stem:</strong> the question or part to which the student should respond</p> <p><strong>Options:</strong> answer choices</p> <p><strong>Distractors:</strong> incorrect options</p> <p><strong>Key:</strong> correct option</p> <p>Here are a few best practices for writing the <strong>stem</strong>:</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/k-12" class="og_links">K-12 School Zone</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.turning-talk.com/content/all-questions-are-not-created-equal-writing-stem">read more</a></p> http://www.turning-talk.com/content/all-questions-are-not-created-equal-writing-stem#comments K-12 School Zone assessment best practices questions stem writing questions Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:05:56 -0400 trooks 235 at http://www.turning-talk.com