COMP 321
Spring, 2006

Assignment 8  for Friday, March 31, 2006

Study:  McKeachie, Chapters 7, 8, 9, Assessing and Testing;  11, Assigning Grades

No written assignment due, but wise to get started on next week's long assignment.

Assignment 9  for Friday, April 7, 2006

Write:  This is a bigger than usual assignment—allow time.
	Use as appropriate the ideas taught in class on March 31 as well as those in McKeachie.

1.  A 25-minute open-book test question for the course for which you prepared a syllabus, etc.  
Identify the course.
Show on the test the allocation of 25 points, hence minutes, to the subparts.

2.  A sample excellent answer.  Note carefully how long it takes you to generate it and write it down.
Multiply by 3 to get typical student time.

3.  A grading standard, showing how you would assign 0-25 points depending upon the components of the answer and various partial-credit issues.

4.  A one-to two-page explanation of 
	(1) your objectives for evaluating student's learning of the material assigned for the test. and
	(2) separately, your objectives for student learning via this test from the testing itself.