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IMPACT OF UNIT EXAM CORRECTIONS ON END OF COURSE ASSESSMENTS

Abstract

Student success is often measured by performance on cumulative final assessments. At the end of each semester, final assessments are analyzed and results reported to show areas of concern. In previous years, action plans were developed and implemented to assist in the improvement of final assessment scores with mild success. These action plans included the use of interactive PlayPosit videos and practice worksheets to reinforce concepts in the targeted areas of concern. Our approach involved unit exam corrections. Students were asked to rework any questions that were missed or did not receive full credit. The students were required to show all the rework and write a short paragraph explaining where they made mistakes in the unit exam and how to solve the problem step by step. By revisiting and explaining questions missed on the unit exam, students should get a better understanding of the course content, and therefore, have a greater chance of answering similar questions correctly on the final assessment (1). There has been some success using this methodology in biochemistry (2) and physics (3) courses. In this study, we discuss how this approach works in the first-year chemistry course.

Acknowledgements

Perimeter College SoTL Research Collaborative (SRC)

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