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This form is similar to the Frequent
Evaluation Developer (FRED) in that it helps you build a custom survey.
After filling out the top portion, check all the statements you'd like to include
on your survey, submit it, and you'll receive a survey with the items you've
selected. If you'd like to modify the survey further or number the items,
use the "Edit-Select All" and "Edit-Copy" commands in your
browser to copy the survey and then paste it into a word processing program.
We find that the form is useful in
at least four ways:
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It allows students to vent their
emotions about the exam (either positive or negative),
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It helps identify miscommunications
between teacher and students (i.e., if quite a few students say that the
test was full of items they didn't expect and lacked the items they did
expect, the teacher probably needs to do a better job of specifying learning
objectives and calibrating the exam to those objectives).
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It allows the instructor to correlate
study duration and methods with exam grade.
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It encourages students to publicly
set goals and devise a method for reaching those goals.
One final tip: if you choose
to have students indicate their scores, you might tell them that they can either
add or subtract a point from their real score. This helps ensure anonymity.
By: Toby Xu and Dr. Robert Bramucci ©2001
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