Constructive Alignment (CA) is a model for designing educations in higher education. This is how you apply it, step by step.
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Writing functional multiple choise questions
If you use multiple-choice questions in the examination, the trick is to construct unambiguous questions and unambiguous answers. The Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University has a small, practical and concise manual on how to do this.
Continue reading “Writing functional multiple choise questions”Examinating independent problem solving
This is about testing the ability to apply theory, models and methods in “real life” situations.
Continue reading “Examinating independent problem solving”Examinating the application of well-defined methods
Examinate the ability to apply well-defined methods, e. g. mathematical calculation techniques, formulas, etc. with algorithmic solutions (i. e. unambiguously right or wrong).
Continue reading “Examinating the application of well-defined methods”Examinating factual knowledge with Canvas Quiz
Testing of factual knowledge, such as basic terminology and simple formulas. Canvas Quiz is a lot more than you think.
Story: Convert hall exams to online with Quiz
With the Canvas Quiz-function, the previous hall exam form has been replaced by multiple-choice and essay questions. It is about examination in large student groups. Experiences, challenges and lessons learned from a project in the subject Business Administration. (Video, 26 min., only in Swedish)
Tips: Varied questions by random values
KTH’s unit for educational support describes an examination plan regarding numeracy. It is based on systematic random variations of the calculation data, where several parameters were changed in parallel.
Continue reading “Tips: Varied questions by random values”Tips: Three strategies for good take-home exam questions
Several strategies for making take-home exam questions: Putting questions in context, making them individual-related, or more complex.
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Examination arrangement where the students in a course create quiz questions for a question bank that is used in the examination.
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The story of an urgent relocation of hall exams to home exams in Chemistry during the pandemic in the spring of 2020. Video, 22 min. Swedish language.
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