Post-Exam Feedback How much class time do you spend going over the exam afterwards? What do you discuss (e.g., the entire exam, the most difficult problems, how the exam was scored)? How specifically do you discuss student responses to exam questions after they have been returned? What information do you convey to students about score distributions? Do you give them access to an exam key? What other types of feedback do you give them about their exam performance? (Do you write comments on the exams, correct their mistakes, or just indicate points? Do you consider students as losing points for mistakes or as gaining points with correct answers?)

We went over the exam during the class period following the test period. Each student received her/his corrected exam paper for this review. I indicated how many points were received on each item and identified the error(s) on the incorrect items, showing what could have been done to correctly answer those items. The students and I selected the items we discussed. I provided the score distribution. I encouraged students to discuss with the class why they chose the answers they did, although I explicitly indicated that they could not fight with me (or other students), be rude, or monopolize class time. I would determine when the discussion about a particular item was over. Occasionally, students would have valid reasons for selecting or creating what I initially considered to be wrong answers. When this occurred, I would indicate that I wanted to consider the possibility that they were right and would let them know during the next class period. The test review process usually took at least 30 minutes. Students were encouraged to come to my office for further private discussion.

I did not allow students to keep copies of the exams. Some students had access to organized test files while others did not. Instead, I encouraged them to make notes that they kept. Students also could come to my office to review tests any time they wished.