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Effective Testing

By Dan Markel, Ethan Leib, Rick Garnett, Matt Bodie, Paul Horwitz , Steve Vladeck, and Orly Lobel

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Because I will be teaching abroad for part of the summer, I decided to ignore my conscience and administer a Property exam that was half multiple choice/short-answer and half essay. I know a number of professors are ambivalent about using multiple choice on law school exams, but that the option can be useful (not to mention easier on the professor on the flip side, so to speak). I've not yet finished grading, but I'm curious as to (1) whether students study differently when faced with a multiple-choice component on an exam, and (2) whether professors find, consistently, that students who score well on the multiple choice questions also lead the class on the essay portion of the exam. Thoughts?

Full post as published by Prawfs on May 08, 2008 (boomark / email).

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