COMP 915
Fall, 2009

Assignment 8  for Friday, October 30, 2009

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

Write:  This is a bigger than usual assignment—allow time.
	Use as appropriate the ideas taught in class on October 16th 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.