Week 4 totally flipped choice

Flipped Classroom: It is great that we are becoming more aware of different ways to teach a classroom; not every student will have an easy time with basic instructions by the teacher. Some students need a different approach to learning and flipping the classroom appears to be an awesome alternative. Students no longer sit through boring lectures and then go home and do homework based on the lecture. Students can learn at their own pace and are able to get help from other students while doing homework in groups. Students are also able to review videos or PowerPoints multiple times in case they do not understand the first time. I really like this method of teaching because it gives the student the opportunity to review what they have learned with the teacher and class in the classroom. I remember, as a child, learning something at school and then going home and not understanding or remembering what I had learned in class. It was very frustrating trying to figure out what I had forgotten, but the flipped classroom method would have helped. Learning a lesson before going to class gives a student an opportunity to make notes on what they do not understand and receive help from the teacher and other students during class time.

Multiple Choice: Creating a test for students is going to be a continuing process throughout a teachers career; multiple choice seems to be a great option as long as the test is prepared properly. 10 Rules for Writing Multiple Choice Questions explained is simple terms what to do and what not to do. Most of the rules made sense and some of the rules may have never crossed a teachers mind. It is obvious that the correct answers should be mixed up. I remember a teacher making all of the answers on the test except for a couple which really threw me off because  I was expecting an answer to be the same as the previous but it was not. So the teacher broke rule #9 by tricking the students. A few rules I found helpful were to keep all answer choices the same length and use “all the above” and “none of the above” cautiously. I reflect on past classes I have recently taken and I think it would have benefited some teachers to read these articles. Many tests I have taken were confusing and one teacher I would have to correct her at least one question per test while taking the test. It is good to have a guide to help write a good test that will not confuse students and one that is easy to navigate through.