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 write comments on the exams and take off points where things are wrong or missing. I sometimes go over the whole exam quickly, but if everyone did well I just talk about the main items people missed. I encourage students to come see me to discuss questions they have about answers and grading. Sometimes if students did very poorly I'll give the whole class a chance to correct errors they made, by writing up each missed problem that they did wrong, and how to do it right. This is before telling them the answers!

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