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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi Liam,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I would like to answer your questions from a
general testing viewpoint.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<OL>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Bloom's taxonomy was big in the 60s and has now
now come back on the scene. So you make your own decisions about questions at
each level.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A good question is one that has clear correct
answer - especially if multiple choice. </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Have a problem with this. Interesting enough? Ok
so you make the context interesting.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Good question & easy to mark? Decide on
exactly what you expect in the answer. Then carefully word your question to
lead to your expectations. And then marking should be easy :-) Your
suggested question is very vague/general and would be very hard to mark or
would need to allow a wide range of answers. What exactly were you
after?</FONT></LI></OL>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Robert Hind (Retired) OOF, GOM, COF<BR>ex Ashwood
and Traralgon<BR><A
href="mailto:robert@yinnar.com">robert@yinnar.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title="o'grady.liam.a@edumail.vic.gov.au"
href="mailto:o'grady.liam.a@edumail.vic.gov.au">O'Grady, Liam A</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=itapps@edulists.com.au
href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au)">Year 12 IT Applications Teachers'
Mailing List (itapps@edulists.com.au)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 29, 2012 5:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps] Questions to
test understanding</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>What makes a good exam/test question for IT? Do you have
any that you would be happy to share?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Recently I was writing my yr 11 exams and trying to improve
the questions I had that really give kids a chance to show their understanding
of IT. The following questions arose in this process:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>How much should questions be about factual recall and
how much about how to apply the knowledge?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>What is a good question?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">3.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>How could we write questions that are interesting
enough that the kids want to answer them?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3"
class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">4.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>How can we write a good question and make it easy to
mark? For example, the question below whilst having scope for more detailed
answers could also be harder to mark fairly.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>One question I came up with is below. This is NOT a model
question – just my attempt to get the ball rolling. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B>Question 7<o:p></o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>St Mungo’s is a large hospital network with hospitals in
all Australian capital cities. All computer servers run from a datacentre in
the main hospital in Hobart. These servers contain all the electronic
information used by the hospital. This includes patient medical records,
billing details, medical operations scheduling, staff details and the ordering
system for medical supplies. All other branches connect to the datacentre via
a VPN connection through the Internet. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>They are thinking about moving to Cloud Computing because
it is very expensive running their own datacentre in terms of staff and
hardware. A couple of times recently there have been power failures in the
datacentre which has meant that none of the hospitals could access the
information needed to run.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><![if !supportLists]><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">a)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN><![endif]>What would you recommend that they do? Justify your
recommendation. (4 Marks)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Cheers<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Liam O’Grady<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Brunswick Secondary College<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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