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?)

I usually spend an hour going over the exam afterwards. I discuss how I graded the exam, and put the grade distribution on the board. (Typically, all grades are C- or better. When I give the distribution, if there's an F or D, I don't include it.) I post a copy of the exam with solutions and the point values I use for giving partial credit. In going over the exam itself in class, I spend most of the time on the questions that the students had the most trouble with.

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