Replace Standard Multiple-Choice Exams with Student-Written Exams

If you’ve moved your exams online and are concerned about exam integrity, now might be a good time to consider a different approach. One study shows that student-written exams:

• Are as challenging or more challenging than traditional exams
• Engage adult learners in a learning process (rather than just an assessment process) by allowing them to focus on topics which interest them most
• Help students manage exam stress

There are many ways to approach student-written exams, including a partial implementation of the strategy in which students write only one or two of their own questions. Read more about this innovative strategy and find the authors’ instructions and guidelines for students and grading rubric in their supplemental resources.  (This is an article on UITL’s reading list for the Teaching Support Program!)

Corrigan, H., & Craciun, G. (2013). Asking the right questions: Using student-written exams as an innovative approach to learning and evaluation. Marketing Education Review, 23(1), 31-36.