Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Quiz Results and Analysis
I am not even sure if I am supposed this write this here, but I need somewhere to vent, so why not my blog? For the quiz yesterday, I felt prepared for it. I have taken an online course in the past, and am familiar with the fine line drawn between having enough time to get it completed successfully, and not being given time to use other sources. That being said, I never even got to look at questions 15-19, so when there were 30 seconds left I simply clicked true for all of them. Unfortuantely 4 out of the 5 were false (which seems odd in itself). I am somewhat comforted by the fact that there is a curve, and my score was slightly higher than the average, but I am by far my own biggest critic. The questions were not all so simple as 2 +2 = 4 that there was less than a minute to answer each questions in time. Some of the questions especially the questions about Porter, took some time to decipher the different answers. Anyway, I am now off to work until 7pm and have this frustration overwhelming me. As far as I am concerned out of the 30 available points that I actually attempted, I received 24, which is 80%, regardless of what "the system" tells me. Unfortuantely, that is not what is showing up as my grade.
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Joseph:
ReplyDeleteThat was my first online test, too.. and I was so upset! I thought I was prepared, but Porter threw me off so bad. I read the chapter, did the self-test, even printed out the online notes from the professor and nothing was on the quiz! Hmmm.. I am glad I'm not the only frustrated one. It would have been nice to have more time to at least think. The questions were very intense and definately required some thought.
Oh well, I hope the next one is better.
Michele
Speaking of quiz... I am much more merciful than NYU approach when they offer 5 seconds per answer saying that such quizzes are not for thinking but just question recognition and using the answer from your well-learned "mental database".
ReplyDeleteLittle time allowed is very typical for online quizzes that assume an opened book on student's desk. But this is why you all are on the curve. Well read and re-read chapter will offer better results in the future and since an average student doesn't perform very well on such quizzes - the ones that really prepare might have significant curve advantage, impossible in quizzes when everybody gets between 90 and 100 points.
Also starting W2P2 - I am inflating the points in circulation (read the tasks) which will decrease the quiz impact.