Salam Alykom,
When I write the correct answers (mark 100%) and partially correct (50% for example), does the order make a difference?
short answer correct answers and partially correct - does the order make a difference?
by Ahmad Amer -
Number of replies: 4
In reply to Ahmad Amer
Re: short answer correct answers and partially correct - does the order make a difference?
by Joseph Rézeau -
"does the order make a difference?"
No, it doesn't. Why do you ask? Could you not test this yourself?
In reply to Ahmad Amer
Re: short answer correct answers and partially correct - does the order make a difference?
by Tim Hunt -
Yes, it does matter.
The way the grading for this question type works, it goes through each of your answers in the order on the form, and the first answer that matches the student's response is the one that determines the grade and the feedback. The rest are not checked.
(This makes most sense if you are using the * wildcard feature.)
The way the grading for this question type works, it goes through each of your answers in the order on the form, and the first answer that matches the student's response is the one that determines the grade and the feedback. The rest are not checked.
(This makes most sense if you are using the * wildcard feature.)
In reply to Tim Hunt
Re: short answer correct answers and partially correct - does the order make a difference?
by Ahmad Amer -
Thanks Tim & Joseph
In reply to Tim Hunt
Re: short answer correct answers and partially correct - does the order make a difference?
by Joseph Rézeau -
@Tim, well, it depends.
Question: Name an animal
Case #1.- Answers without any wildcard.
Since the response analysis goes through each student answer until it finds a match and then stops, the order of the answers does not matter. Example:
- Answer #1: the dodo 50% Feedback: Well, he's extinct
- Answer #2: the cat 100% Feedback: OK
- Answer #3: the diplodocus 25% Feedback: Well he lived many years ago
Case #2
- Answer #1: the cat 100%
- Answer #2: the bat 100%
- Answer #3: the rat 100%
- Answer #4: the cat* 50% Feedback: OK, but you were asked to name one animal, not a group of animals
In case #2, the order of answers 1 through 3 does not matter, but of course answer answer 4 must come after answer 1.
I'd like to point out that the * wild character must be used very carefully, as it will accept anything. For instance, if the student answers "the cats", for which Feedback 4 is OK, but it would also accept "the caterpillar", which is an animal, and "the catwalk" or "the catcall", which are not. As a safe guideline I would recommend using the * wildcard only on its own, as the last answer in the list of answers, as a catchall for any student response other than those provided, and which are supposed to be wrong.