Thursday, November 12

Today, I handed out an open book, take home test. Please see me immediately if you did not get one.

In our culture of technology and 21st century skills, traditional ways of assessing student knowledge are out the window. So, I am trying this testing format, because I am expecting you to collaborate, read critically, paraphrase, summarize, and think outside of the box. The test looks like a traditional paper, pencil test, but the way you take it has changed. I want you to use your book. I want you to use your neighbor and if you think that this means that you can cheat. . . then think again. You may use your neighbor, but no two answers on the short and extended answer items should look exactly alike. THere is a dfference between copying and collaborating. I want you to collaborate. If I get two papers with identical answers to the short and extended answer items then both people will fail! I know you can't help but have the same answers on the multiple choice, but all of these multiple choice questions are complex and require you to think about each and every response, so I hope you will think and collaborate and come to a consensus.