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Author Archives: Sally Jordan
On being chased by a bull
I just came across this quote: If you are in a field and are being chased by a bull you will probably perform above your usual level at jumping the gate, but below your usual level at undoing the combination … Continue reading
Better engagement with continuous assessment, better exam score
This is unlikely to be much of a surprise. The middle horizontal line in each of the box plots shown below indicates the median exam score and the vertical height of each box indicates the inter-quartile range. The solid line … Continue reading
Significant figures and decimal places
Following the finding that students struggle with significant figures and decimal places, we added a question that tested fairly basic rule-based understanding (of stuff that I thought we were teaching quite well in the Maths for Science book). The question … Continue reading
E-assessment : Past, present and future 2
Apologies for my recent lack of activity. We have a module whose student numbers have risen from 440 to 1075, so I have been interviewing, appointing and staff developing in every available moment. Well, that and beginning to get a … Continue reading
Quote of the day
“While using computers to score essays may have seemed like science fiction when first conceived (Page 1966) such application may seem remarkably mundane when compared to contemporary capabilities of computers to win game shows , respond amicably to our vocal … Continue reading
Quote of the day
I thought I’d quoted this one before but it seems not. I can remember reading this for the first time, perhaps 5 years ago, and being amazed that it was written as long ago as 1995. The whole chapter feels … Continue reading
Learn before testing or test before learning?
I’m just catching up on my reading of New Scientist and in last week’s (13th July) issue I have found this from a ‘one minute’ interview with Anant Agarwal, president of the edX MOOC provider. Question: What was the first … Continue reading
E-assessment: past, present and future
I have recently submitted a review with the title ‘E-assessment: past, present and future’. I think it is quite good, but I don’t yet know whether others agree with me! Imagine what I felt when I realised that Thomas Hench … Continue reading
Posted in e-assessment, mobile devices
Tagged CAA 2013, e-assessment, mobile devices, Thomas Hench
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Staff engagement with e-assessment
More reflections from CAA2013 (held in Southampton, just down the road from the Isle of Wight ferry terminal – shown)… In the opening keynote, Don Mackenzie talked about the ‘rise and rise of multiple-choice questions’. This was interesting, because he was … Continue reading
The Cargo Cult
I suspect that this reflection from the 14th International Computer Aided Conference (CAA2013) may not go down well with all of my readers. I refer to the mention in several papers of the use of technology in teaching and learning … Continue reading
Posted in Cargo Cult, conferences
Tagged CAA 2013, CAA Conference, Cargo Cult, Richard Feynman
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