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Why multiple-choice questions are (too often) problematic

Patti Shank

These and other problems (such as the problems in the list above) lead to invalid questions and assessments. To make assessments more valid, there must be a very clear match between learning objectives and assessment items. A taxonomy of multiple-choice item-writing rules. We aren't sure. I loved teaching them.

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5 common eLearning assessment mistakes (and how to fix them)

BrightCarbon

2005) gathered and analysed data from lots of other studies from an 80-year period up to 2005. Ask yourself: Is my question clearly testing one of my learning objectives? Is my learning objective aimed at a high enough level to make sure my learners can do what they need to do after taking the course?

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How Toyota Motor Europe Manages a Large, International eLearning Program

OpenSesame

In 2005, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) started job-based training in four levels divided by maintenance/repair and diagnosis. Blended learning (both online and classroom) led to certification. “We 3 years later, the problems started to surface. There was no clear structure for which learning objectives go where in the program.”. “If

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Keynote Resources from #LUC2017

Kapp Notes

Challenge : As the game-based learning expert James Paul Gee has said, good games give players a set of challenging problems and let them solve those problems until they can do it automatically. Then those same games throw a new class of problem at the players requiring them to re-think, their now—taken for granted—mastery.

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How Toyota Motor Europe Manages a Large, International eLearning Program

OpenSesame

In 2005, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) started job-based training in four levels divided by maintenance/repair and diagnosis. Blended learning (both online and classroom) led to certification. “We 3 years later, the problems started to surface. There was no clear structure for which learning objectives go where in the program.”. “If

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Bloom reheated

Learning with e's

In an age of digital media, where learners create, remix and share their own content, an overhaul of Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy was long overdue. Yesterday I posted a critique of Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy and argued that it is outmoded in the digital age. The problem lies in the sequence. 2005) Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Learning theories

Ed App

Cognitivism, as suggested by the name, focuses on cognitive processes of the mind such as thinking, memory, recall, and problem-solving. Similar to behaviorism, cognitivism is about learning via association; however, the emphasis is placed on internal processing rather than the external environment. Cognitivism.