实验室asks quiz questions to help students understand
每个实验室虚拟实验室都会提出多项选择问题,因为学生通过模拟进行。这些问题在上下文上是相关的,具有挑战性的,必须在继续下一步之前回答。他们旨在帮助学生在经验中学习。
It’s not easy to “game” these questions. Each student sees the unnumbered questions in a randomized order, and that order changes each time they re-attempt a correct answer. In other words, there’s no way to get through it without carefully reading the answer options each and every time!
正确回答Labster测验问题的最佳方法是单击LABPAD中的理论选项卡并阅读理论页面。所有答案都可以在那里找到!
Nevertheless, some students will always try to cheat. In some cases, these students have been able to find answers to Labster quiz questions posted by their peers on the web. Labster takes this very seriously, so please share these violations with us and we’ll do our best to have them removed. In the future, Labster will develop a new feature to permit instructors to modify and customize quiz questions.
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What can you do if some of your students are posting and sharing the answers to Labster’s embedded quiz questions on the web?
Here are some of our suggestions:
- View Labster as a formative assessment rather than a summative assessment. Many teachers reduce the grade impact of Labster quizzes and use them as feedback to help students identify the gaps in their understanding (as well as their achievements).
- 根据Labster Virtual Labs中的实验,概念和技术,通过独特的问题来开发自己的总结性评估。
- 请继续关注Labster的未来功能,该功能将允许测验定制。
这是Labster测验问题可以成为强大的学习工具的一些原因:
1.问题有助于激励学生找到答案
对于学生来说,感觉的目的是生产一个成绩,而不是评估和进步他们的学习。
Labster的测验问题感觉不同。
We use an embedded, “assess as you go” approach so students can learn from input and feedback without feeling like they are taking a test. The more students become aware of their own improvement, the more likely they are to feel motivated to learn.
“当学生玩实验室时,他们会同时学习并得到评估。实际上,对于您玩的大多数游戏而言,这实际上是一样的。没有人玩《魔兽世界》会说:“哦,我正在评估自己作为Alt Warrior的技能” - 显然是,但这并不像这样,而且并不感到无聊。无论您是否获胜,无论您是否完成水平,都有评估。这很有动力。”
- Labster联合创始人Mads Bonde
2. Labster’s Quiz Questions Support Student-Centered Learning
Many instructors use Labster questions to help students to recognize and correct their own knowledge gaps, and therefore limit the impact of Labster quiz results on final course grades.
在Labster的经验中,学生可以访问解释性学习内容(理论页面)和有用的提示,以帮助他们找到对问题的正确答案。
在传统的实验室课程中,小组工作的学生经常依靠其实验室合作伙伴的观察结果和分析。在Labster中,班上的每个人都有机会和责任尝试答案并接收反馈。
Teachers can review students’ progress in the Labster Dashboard, observe the number of attempts and correct or incorrect responses, and provide one-on-one coaching as needed.
从形成性评估中获得反馈与以学生为中心的学习原则相吻合,因为它支持学习者积极建立自己的知识的能力(Nicol&MacFarlane-Dick,2006年)。Labster的立即反馈为学生提供指导,以帮助他们在其他课程评估中取得成功,这可能会对他们的成绩产生更大的影响。
Ways to Assess Students with Labster Quiz Questions
大多数教师都重视技术,这些技术可以帮助他们节省自动化的时间,尤其是当他们拥有远程和混合课程或高昂的科学课程时。
Labster测验分数将自动计算,并可以为讲师和学生提供重要和及时的信息。
当您考虑如何在课程中使用评估时,反思您在完成Labster的任务时的目标可能很有用。
也许您发现应用等级价值增加了您的学生完成虚拟实验室的可能性。
这是一个完全有效且重要的考虑因素。在这种情况下,Labster测验得分可能会带来相对较低的影响,同时仍达到目标。
我们已经看到,使用Labster的讲师经常通过在测验中的“最佳”尝试而不是第一次尝试中对分数进行评分。
“对于我的实验室课程……Labster分数的价值很少。我认为这大约是他们的标记的5%。他们有多次尝试,我算出最高的尝试。我真的希望它更像是游戏的干预措施。”
– Felicia Vulcu, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
您可以在Labster中使用什么样的评估?
Some teachers create their own course assessments around Labster virtual lab simulations in addition to other resources.这里有一些想法耶鲁大学教学中心对于可以进行的各种评估。
| 形成性评估 | Summative Assessments |
| In-class discussions | 讲师-created exams |
| 点击器问题 | 标准化测试 |
| 低风险小组工作 | 最终项目 |
| 每周测验 | 最终论文 |
| 1分钟的反思写作作业 | Final presentations |
| 作业作业 | 最终报告 |
| 调查 | Final grades |
最后的想法
Labster的沉浸式、交互式学习雄厚ce offers instructors a lot of options for different ways to incorporate virtual labs into their curricula. Whether you are an educator looking for a formative assessment tool, a low-stakes grading tool, or content that you can use in developing your own unique summative assessments, you’ll have plenty of flexibility with Labster.
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本文中的参考文献:
Nicol, D. J., & Macfarlane‐Dick, D. (2006). Formative assessment and self‐regulated learning: A model and seven principles of good feedback practice.高等教育研究,,,,31(2), 199-218.
耶鲁大学(N.D.)形成性和总结性评估。从...获得https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/formative-summative-sassessments。
