I decided to have one-on-one conferences to go over the quizzes and their last Excel project with each student. This is giving me the opportunity to re-teach some skills and check for understanding. The two students who bombed the test will retake it tommorrow. With the others I can point out what they are doing right and also how to correct mistakes.
My students scored "giving feedback" lowest on my teacher evaluation and I am making steps to correct this and make sure that learning and understanding are the focus of my classes - not grades.
| QUIZ | % passed | % failed | Class Average |
| Section One: Excel vocabulary terms | 83.3% | 16.6% | 85% |
| Section Two: Writing formulas | 50% | 50% | 62% |
| Total | | | 77% |
After the quiz I held individual conferences with the student to review the material. I collected these comments from the students during the conferences:
- I mixed up the definitions of a formula and function.
- I knew how to write the formula; I just wasn’t sure which cell references to use.
- I don’t have any difficulty with basic functions.
- Since the summary was separate from the data, I found it challenging to write the formulas.
- I can get the formula to work on the computer with the help of the Insert Function button; I just have a harder time writing them out during a quiz.
- The AutoSum functions make it easy to calculate totals and averages.
- I chose the correct numbers for the formula – I just missed some of the punctuation on the formula and that wouldn’t happen if I was using the computer.
- I didn’t study the vocabulary before the test.
1 comment:
I'd agree that giving feedback would be the most helpful thing a teacher can do. I just graduated college and in my last semester, I had a professor who didn't give any feedback, therefore causing many students to lose interest and give up. Even though to a certain extent grades matter, the idea of making the class more about learning and less about grades is a great idea. Now that I am out seeking a job, it would be nice is the companies that use a PEO would give you some sort of feedback to let you know why you were or weren't selected for the job.
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