I really like this! I think your approach does a good job of balancing multiple attempts and what can become a very overwhelming number of questions/assignments to grade. I have a question about how the practice exam maps to the exam. Do all eight questions on the practice exam map to the unit exam? For example, by testing the same LO? Can students choose any question from the practice exam to regrade and replace the unit exam score?
Over the two practice exams (4 questions each), I try to make those 8 questions roughly map onto the same LOs as the actual exam, so students are getting genuine practice that prepares them for the questions on the Essay Exam.
Any question on the practice exam can replace any question on the Essay Exam. Yes, that means mastery on one LO can make up for a deficiency in another LO. I'm ok with that, because this isn't the only type of assessment in my course.
I really like this! I think your approach does a good job of balancing multiple attempts and what can become a very overwhelming number of questions/assignments to grade. I have a question about how the practice exam maps to the exam. Do all eight questions on the practice exam map to the unit exam? For example, by testing the same LO? Can students choose any question from the practice exam to regrade and replace the unit exam score?
Over the two practice exams (4 questions each), I try to make those 8 questions roughly map onto the same LOs as the actual exam, so students are getting genuine practice that prepares them for the questions on the Essay Exam.
Any question on the practice exam can replace any question on the Essay Exam. Yes, that means mastery on one LO can make up for a deficiency in another LO. I'm ok with that, because this isn't the only type of assessment in my course.