The U.S. News and World Report – Ulrich Boser
“When I sat in on biology professor Jennifer Doherty’s course at the University of Washington, it was hard to miss all the quizzes. At one point, Doherty asked the class to answer a quiz using a clicker, a small device that allowed the students to submit their answers via radio waves. Other times, Doherty would ask the students to pair up and then she’d ask their small group for an answer. Doherty would also simply randomly call on students, asking things like, “How do plants get their food if not from the soil?” Students – and many parents – have all sorts of reasons to hate testing, whether it’s a classroom quiz about plants or a high-stakes graduate school exam. After all, exams can spark cheating, waste valuable instructional time and dominate the curriculum.”(more)