Inclusion of the throwaway response which is identical to the correct response with the exception of the last word, which you replaced with labradoodle, does not test for comprehension of the material. Punishing the student who knows the material but does not read to the last word of a response begs the question, what are you testing for? Is it an adequate usage of our time to test for adherence or even obedience to this particular learning modality?
Perhaps we are testing whether or not the learner reads the options carefully? There are many instances in life where a single word change can have a drastic impact on meaning. Reinforcing careful reading does not seem like such a bad idea to me.
In all seriousness, though, this is not a test. It is a review/summary of key points of the lesson made slightly interactive and with some silly answers thrown in for fun. It is not even a required activity. If you do not want to bother reading the options carefully, you can simply mark the page complete and move on.
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In one of the questions above we had to select from three options: the definition with the word ‘ridiculous’ imposed into it, the definition with the word, ‘verbal’, and the definition with the word ‘vocal.’ Two of these options force the reader to draw a line between verbal and vocal stimuli, which I may not have previously read or recognized. This is more useful to me than most paragraphs of text I read in my text books. I wonder what third distinguishing line could be drawn in place of the word, ‘ridiculous’ in order to help a novice like myself reinforce these distinctions.
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Inclusion of the throwaway response which is identical to the correct response with the exception of the last word, which you replaced with labradoodle, does not test for comprehension of the material. Punishing the student who knows the material but does not read to the last word of a response begs the question, what are you testing for? Is it an adequate usage of our time to test for adherence or even obedience to this particular learning modality?
Perhaps we are testing whether or not the learner reads the options carefully? There are many instances in life where a single word change can have a drastic impact on meaning. Reinforcing careful reading does not seem like such a bad idea to me.
In all seriousness, though, this is not a test. It is a review/summary of key points of the lesson made slightly interactive and with some silly answers thrown in for fun. It is not even a required activity. If you do not want to bother reading the options carefully, you can simply mark the page complete and move on.
Thankyou for your response. I appreciate your time.
In one of the questions above we had to select from three options: the definition with the word ‘ridiculous’ imposed into it, the definition with the word, ‘verbal’, and the definition with the word ‘vocal.’ Two of these options force the reader to draw a line between verbal and vocal stimuli, which I may not have previously read or recognized. This is more useful to me than most paragraphs of text I read in my text books. I wonder what third distinguishing line could be drawn in place of the word, ‘ridiculous’ in order to help a novice like myself reinforce these distinctions.