{"id":375,"date":"2023-07-17T12:36:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/fshnotebook\/?p=375"},"modified":"2023-07-17T13:48:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:48:54","slug":"exam-wrappers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/fshnotebook\/2023\/07\/17\/exam-wrappers\/","title":{"rendered":"Exam Wrappers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is it?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What strategies did you use to prepare for the test?<\/li><li>How effective were those strategies?<\/li><li>What kinds of errors did you make on the test?<\/li><li>Given what you observed on this test, what changes will you make in your study strategies before the next test?<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the benefits?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>An exam wrapper can encourage metacognition (thinking about thinking).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also particularly useful for students who are taking a science course as an elective, and who may not have developed the study skills needed for success in science tests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the challenges?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Self-evaluation and self-awareness are difficult skills, and students may need guidance from the instructor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students may focus on content deficiencies, rather than the process of how they prepared for the exam (&#8220;I didn&#8217;t study Chapter 2 enough&#8221; vs &#8220;I focused my studying on only a small section of the material that was going to be tested.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who&#8217;s using this?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Pending\u2026 if you\u2019ve used this technique and you\u2019re willing to share thoughts about your and your students\u2019 experience, send me an <a href=\"mailto:catherine.chow@kpu.ca\">email<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Carnegie Mellon University&#8217;s Eberly Center for<br>Teaching Excellence &amp; Educational Innovation has posted<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/teaching\/designteach\/teach\/examwrappers\/\">example exam wrappers<\/a> for Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Math.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Hodges, L. C., Beall, L. C., Anderson, E. C., Carpenter, T. S., Cui, L., Feeser, E., Gierasch, T., Nanes, K. M., Perks, H. M., &amp; Wagner, C. (2020). Effect of exam wrappers on student achievement in multiple, large STEM courses.<em> Journal of College Science Teaching, 50<\/em>(1), 69-79. <a href=\"https:\/\/go.exlibris.link\/GbFTC6lh\">KPU Library Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lovett, M. C. (2013). Make exams worth more than the grade: Using exam wrappers to promote metacognition. In M. Kaplan, N. Sliver, D. LaVaque-Manty, D. Meizlish, &amp; J. L. Rhem. <em>Using reflection and metacognition to improve student learning: Across the disciplines, across the academy<\/em> (First ed.). Stylus. <a href=\"https:\/\/go.exlibris.link\/XrTP7w4h\">KPU Library Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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? 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