Chapter 6: Creating Good Questions

Chapter six was titled “Creating Good Test Questions” and that is exactly what the chapter offered. Wormeli made a good point that caught my eye, “Provide a “T” or “F” for students to circle on true/false questions. This way there will be no questions about how to interpret sloppy formed T’s and F’s.” This is such great advice! This has happened so much in my school experience. A student will approach a teacher and say that was supposed to be an F, and the teacher will assume that the student is just trying to get away with getting some extra points. Along with this, Wormeli suggested that we focus on not necessarily using traditional questions when assessing and giving assignments. I completely agree, I think that multiple choice, true/false, and matching all get very boring and redundant for students. They have these types of questions in a lot of their classes, and I think it would be good to add variety into how they are assessed.