Course Development

Classroom Assessment Techniques for Distance Education: Student-Generated Test Questions

Karen Hallett
Instructional Consulting

Descriptions

Student generated test questions allow faculty to see what their student consider the most important or memorable content, what they understand as fair and useful test questions, and how will they can answer the questions they have posed. this information not only provides direction for teaching but can also alert the teacher when students have inaccurate assess how well they know the material, and receiving feedback can refocus their studying.

Teaching Improvement

• better uses of available technology (effective uses)
• uses of appropriate strategies for distance education environment
• provide more contact with students, accessibility
• provide information about tailoring instructional activities to meet student's needs

Improving student learning

• improve opportunities to ask questions
• improve opportunities for input and feedback
• provide more contact with students accessibility

Criteria

• equally accessible from both sites
• immediacy of use
• adaptable to a wide range of learning situations
• require minimal time investment of students/instructor
• has continued use as learning tool for students, instructional resource for instructor.