Special Research I
 This Session's Task (Assignment)
Post  your report using “Create Messege” and make one mutual comment or more using “Reply”  on “Discussion Board:Improving  test questions”.
→This  task is part of “Assignment 2”.
* (Assignment 2) Comprehension of study case (60 points: 5 points x 12 sessions): Task for Block 2
   After you take all sample online quizzes, for one  of the sample quiz questions propose an idea to revise the quiz and the reason  why you would like to do that. In addition, make one or more comment(s) on  other students' proposal.There are three sample quizzes that were actually used  as a part of the online exam for the basic information literacy course of Kumamoto University. Not only was a low rate of  correct answers recorded at the first attempt (Note1) by the participants, but  their evaluations were not good either when evaluated using the test question  checklist (Note 2).
  
  Examples of the proposal are as follows:
  ・(Example 1) As the expression of "XXXX"  in the question (answer) is misleading, that part should be changed to  "YYYY"
・(Example 2) As the question itself is difficult to  understand, this question should be divided into two: “Question A: question  regarding XXXX” and “Question B: question regarding YYYY”
・(Example 3) I think XXXX" type rather than  multiple choices is more suitable for this question.
・(Example 4) I think this question (answer) is very  badly formulated. I would change this question (answer) to "XXXX"
  
Note 1: Participants are allowed to take the  online test as many times as they want.
Note  2:  Checklist?(PDF: 24 KB)
(Reference) These questions were evaluated  particularly low in such categories as “In terms of difficulty” and “In terms  of how multiple choice questions are formulated”. The questions used here are  those before this year's revision.
・Matsuba, R., Nakano, H., Takahashi, S., et al., (2007) eLearn 2007 Quebec (19824)(PDF:124KB)
[Submission Method]
・Create  a new message to post your answer.
・When giving  an answer, make sure you include your name and the  name of the sample in the "subject"
  e.g. "Subject: matsuba: spl1"
・Post  mutual comments in the form of a reply to each message.
Deadline for new posting & mutual commenting: 31.12.2008