Immediate Feedback during Academic Testing

2001 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 889-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Epstein ◽  
Beth B. Epstein ◽  
Gary M. Brosvic

Performance on two multiple-choice testing procedures was examined during unit tests and a final examination. The Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique provided immediate response feedback in an answer-until-correct style of responding. The testing format which served as a point of comparison was the Scantron form. One format was completed by students in introductory psychology courses during unit tests whereas all students used the Scantron form on the final examination. Students tested with Immediate Feedback forms on the unit tests correctly answered more of the final examination questions which were repeated from earlier unit tests than did students tested with Scantron forms. Also, students tested with Immediate Feedback forms correctly answered more final examination questions previously answered incorrectly on the unit tests than did students tested previously with Scantron forms.

2002 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 226-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Epstein ◽  
Gary M. Brosvic

A multiple-choice testing system that provides immediate affirming or corrective feedback and permits allocation of partial credit for proximate knowledge is suggested as an alternative to essay examinations.


Author(s):  
Michael Williams ◽  
Eileen Wood ◽  
Fatma Arslantas ◽  
Steve MacNeil

Multiple-choice testing with dichotomous scoring is one of the most common assessment methods utilized in undergraduate education. Determining students’ perceptions toward different types of multiple-choice testing formats is important for effective assessment. The present study compared two alternative multiple-choice testing formats used in a second-year required chemistry course: (1) The Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique (IFAT®) and (2) Personal Point Allocation (PPA). Both testing methods allow for partial credit but only the IFAT® provides immediate feedback on students’ responses. Both survey and interview data indicated that, overall, most students preferred IFAT® to the PPA testing method. These positive ratings were related to potential increase in reward, ease of use, and confidence. IFAT® was also perceived to be less stress producing, and anxiety provoking than PPA. Interview data supported these findings but also indicated individual differences in preference for each of these two methods. Additionally, students’ feedback on strategies used for either testing method and suggestions on how to improve the methods are discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 111-131
Author(s):  
David DiBattista

The Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique (IFAT) is a new multiple-choice response form that has advantages over more commonly used response techniques. The IFAT, which is commercially available at reasonable cost and can be used conveniently with large classes, has an answer-until-correct format that provides students with immediate, corrective, item-by-item feedback. Advantages of this learner-centered response form are that it: (a) actively promotes learning; (b) allows students’ partial knowledge to be rewarded with partial credit; (c) is strongly preferred by students over other response techniques; and (d) lets instructors more easily maintain the security of multiple choice (MC) items so that they can be reused from one semester to the next. The IFAT’s major shortcoming is that grading must be done manually because it does not yet have a compatible optical scanning device. Helpful suggestions are presented for instructors who may be considering using the IFAT for the first time. RÉSUMÉ La Technique D’Évaluation Immédiat (Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique ou IFAT) est un nouveau formulaire pour examens à choix multiple qui a plusieurs avantages. Le IFAT, disponible à un prix raisonable et convenable pour les cours suivis par de nombreux étudiants, est constitué d’un format dans lequel les édudiants selectionnent alternative-par- alternative parmi les choix disponibles jusqu’à ce que la réponse correcte soit indiquée. En suite, la correction est automatique et informe la réponse correcte immédiatement. Le IFAT a plusieurs avantages: (a) il favorise l’apprentissage; (b) les étudiants peuvent obtenir des points partiels avec connaissances partiels; (c) les étudiants préferent ce formulaire à comparer à autres formats à choix multiple; et (d) les instructeurs peuvent maintenir plus facilement leurs questions et alternatives en sécurité et les réutiliser au cours des prochaines sessions. Le défaut principal du IFAT est que la notation est manuele car il n’y a pas encore de lecteur optique compatible avec ce formulaire. Des suggestions utiles sont ici données pour les instructeurs qui envisagent d’utiliser cette technique pour la première fois.


2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Leonard ◽  
Jacqueline D. Love ◽  
Michelle Mancuso ◽  
Kirsten L. Mitchell ◽  
Steven A. Meyers

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie M. Brown ◽  
Amy Garczynski ◽  
Jana Hackathorn ◽  
Natalie Homa ◽  
Ursula A. Sanborn ◽  
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