Did they get it??

I really thought that the second part of this chapter was great! The discussion about the final exam questions and essays is important when thinking about assessing the sudents through a test. I really enjoyed the list of final essay questions because they seemed like opinion questions, but they were also relevant to the text. For example, students decide who changed the most or least or had the most or least important role in the text. THis is opinion and then they have to back their choices up with information from the text that shows that they understood the assignment. THis allows students a choice and they really like that. I think these types of questions are better than multiple choice or true/false questions because it really gets the students thinking and involved in the material. It allows them to use their higher-order thinking skills and make a connection from their lives to the book. He is absolutely correct that you don't want to WYTIWYG because that shallow assessment results in shallow thinking. As an artist, we dont want our works to be shallow. Therefore, as a teacher, we dont want our students' thinking to be shallow.