That is my only real complaint about standards based assessment. If you don't use the words the marker is looking for it is wrong - even when it is right. As a student you learn to play the game and just write what you have on your handout verbatim. It encourages regurgitation and plagarism but as far as i can see not learning. I think i have got questions right when i didn't understand what the instructor said. I have also been marked wrong when i used a word the instructor didn't know.

Last edited by puffin; 10/09/15 05:03 PM.