What is it? Exam wrappers are exam-adjacent activities that are intended to promote student reflection on their learning processes and improve their metacognition. Exam wrappers can be administered before and/or after a test. Typical questions on an exam wrapper might be: What strategies did you use to prepare for the test? How effective were those […]
What is it? Multiple-choice tests using CBM (confidence-based marking) require two inputs from students for each question: Their answer choice Their level of confidence in their answer choice A student earns maximum points for a correct answer they are fully confident in. They are penalized for wrong answers that they are strongly confident in. Acknowledged […]
What is it? Two-phase testing splits an exam into two parts. The first part is the typical individual exam, where students work on problems on their own. They then turn in these papers, and receive a second exam, which they work on in groups. The questions on the second exam test the same concepts as […]