Include formative assessment questions at the end

[wikfeldt]

This and probably all other CR lessons could benefit from e.g. multiple choice questions as formative assessment at the end of the lesson. Completing the MCQs could be combined with giving feedback, and then the instructor would give the right answers

[wikfeldt]

actually, i think that each episode should have a couple of formative assessment questions, just before the "key points". And then we can consider having a few final "summative assessment" questions at the very end, as a separate episode.

[wikfeldt]

the question is how to teach using the MCQs. Two approaches are:

1. learners are asked to think about the questions for a couple of minutes, and then the instructor discusses them and gives the right answer, and explains why the wrong answers are wrong
2. learners think about the questions and indicate their answers either using combinations of red and green stickies or by writing "+1" in a shared document

The advantage of 1. is that it's easier for the instructor to implement, but the learners may not try as hard if they know the answer is soon going to be revealed. The advantage of 2. is that learners may think harder, but the complication is to decide when the instructor should spend time on explaining a topic better based on the results (if more than 20% answer wrong, if more than 50% answer wrong?)

[wikfeldt]

the MCQs should have one correct solution and 2-3 wrong answers. The wrong answers should be wrong for different reasons and optimally designed such that they reveal possible misconceptions about the topic being taught

[bast]

I would prefer 2 since it's "gamified". I also don't see the problem of explaining why the other choices were wrong in case somebody selected them.