Questions tagged [exams]
This tag is intended for questions about exams as viewed from the point of view of an instructor.
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How, now, shall we teach math online?
Now that everyone has had the experience of teaching math in an online/remote/synchronous/asynchronous format, and looking forward to more of this in the Summer and Fall terms, how do we change our ...
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Acceptability of creative questions in assessments
I am a math teacher and I have been for a decade now. One of the foundations of my philosophical approach to teaching has to do with Synthesis. For the purposes of this query, I consider Synthesis to ...
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Suggested idea: Course exams written by someone else other than the instructors/coordinators. Good or Bad?
As you might know already evaluating learning outcomes is very difficult. For example, student feedback is not always reliable; there are studies showing inverse relations between student learning and ...
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In preparation for exams: question bank or questions with omitted particulars?
I have been doing a little bit of experimenting when it comes time to review with the class in preparation for the final exam. The last handout I have been giving my students has usually been a ...
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Take-Home Examination on Ordinary Differential Equations?
I am planning to give my students a take-home examination on ODE. The main topic that I would like to cover is Linear Differential Equations of Order Greater than One. For example, I will give my ...
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How can I learn to write better questions to test for conceptual understanding?
I'm worried that I'm bad at realizing when a question I've written requires little or no conceptual understanding to answer. Like, when I'm writing a question for a homework assignment or exam, I'll ...
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Questions about the calculus AP [closed]
I'm not sure if this is the proper place to ask this question, but I figured I'll try anyway.
If I have the option of taking a Calculus AP class, and am thinking of pursuing a career in either ...
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Is it a bad idea to offer variants of a final exam based on the type of allowed calculators?
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I am in charge of teaching our single quarter course on vector calculus (don't ask me why the department head thinks the area can be covered in half a semester). The two biggest ...
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Revision Lecture, what are the aims?
I will give a 2-hour long revision lecture on a Mathematics area. The aim of this lecture is to help the students prepare for the exam test. The course was rather long, covering 5 chapters and a ...
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Motivate your answer vs. Prove your answer
The title is self-explanatory, but what is the appropriate response to "motivate your answer"? Should you prove your answer? Should you just explain it, or give the intuition for it?
For example, ...
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How can I help a student who is constantly struggling in an honors Algebra II (high school) class
I am tutoring a student who is in an honors Algebra II class. The class is definitely advanced and the student hasn't been exposed to this kind of material. The teacher is going beyond algebra II and ...
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For what subjects and grade levels is the take-home exam suitable?
I'm starting my job as a mathematics teacher in an intermediate school.
I want to follow some new way of assessment and I'm really curious about take-home exams; are they suitable for any subjects? ...
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Is there a difference in the content taught at each university?
Say you have college A, B and C that are each ranked in the top 100 in the US News or other similar rankings.
Admissions (SAT scores, GPA, et cetera) standards, quantitatively, rank A>B>C as the ...
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Practical ways to check if a student has mastered a particular topic
I've been thinking that in an ideal world math classes would be self-paced, with a student being required to demonstrate mastery in a collection of topics and techniques in order to complete the ...
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Students understand during course but can't solve exam
I am teaching a math class where the students, most of them, tell me that they can understand the materials given by me during the course. I test them during the course too and they seem to get it. ...
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