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ERIC Number: EJ716980
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Feb-1
Pages: 2
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
Testing, Testing: Good Teaching Is Difficult; so is Meaningful Testing
Toby, Sidney; Plano, Richard J.
Journal of Chemical Education, v81 n2 p180-181 Feb 2004
The limitations of teaching and assessment of knowledge are emphasized, and an improved method is suggested to test the students. This superior examination technique would replace multiple-choice questions with free-response questions for numerical problems, wherein the numerical inputs fed in the computer would be optically scanned and graded through a suitable software.
Descriptors: Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Grading, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Chemistry, Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Responses
Journal of Chemical Education, Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1267, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-1267. Web site: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/AboutJCE/contact.html.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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