Implementation Issues

Statistics instructors face many “practical” decisions in designing exams for their course. We have asked several experienced faculty to weigh in on a series of questions about exam use, design, and evaluation. The first column gives a short description of the teaching setting for each respondent. Following the column heading link displays all responses to an individual question topic. Following the row heading link displays all the response for an individual. Following a link within the table jumps you to that individual’s response to that topic.

The general areas of discussion were:

• Use of Exams: How are exams used in the course (format and purpose)
• External Aids: Do student use external reference aids on exams
• Use of Technology: Are students allowed/encouraged to use any technology on exams
• Constructing Exams: How are questions chosen and points assigned
• Writing Process: Describe the process used to write an exam from scratch
• Exam Grading: How are questions graded and scores reported
• Preparing Students for the Exam: What preparation is supplied for the students
• Post-Exam Feedback: How is exam performance conveyed to the students afterwards

The exact questions used to motivate discussion are included in the following links.

Context

use of exam

external aids

use of technology

constructing exams

writing process

exam grading

preparing

post-exam

Beth Chance, Cal Poly, SLO	Undergraduate, Introductory Public, 40-50 students	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
George Cobb,  Mt. Holyoke College	Undergraduate Introductory  Private	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Joan Garfield, U of Minnesota	Graduate Introductory 25-30 students Public	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
John Holcomb, Cleveland State Univ	Undergraduate Introductory  30-45 students  open enrollmt, Commuters	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Carl Lee,  Central Michigan Univ	Undergraduate Introductory (business),  4-500 students	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Tony Onwuegbuzie, University of S. Florida	Graduate All levels 20 students	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Roxy Peck,  Cal Poly, SLO	Undergraduate Introductory  45-50 students  Public	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Allan Rossman,  Cal Poly, SLO	Undergraduate Introductory  30-50 students  Public	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Deb Rumsey, Ohio State	Undergraduate Introductory  Public	·	·	·	·		·	·	·
Candace Schau	Graduate  Introductory 15-30 students	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·