Exam Development Update

Happy March everyone! I hope your semester is going well so far. 

The Exam Development Team would like to update you on the progress of the current exam development projects in CEFL. Thanks to the many instructors who have worked hard on exam development projects! Your knowledge and expertise has allowed us to create valid and reliable exams for a number of courses. Thank you to Karlie Wimble and Karim Jaber for the ongoing and invaluable work they have done on creating answer sheets, converting and distributing exams, and revising answer keys. Thank you also to our coordinator Carey Hilgartner for his ongoing support and guidance.

Current Exam Development projects:

Science 14 Final and Unit Exam Review

-nearly complete Form B for the final

-Final Exam Form A has been used since August and we are continuing to collect data using Form Return answer sheets. This exam has proven to be valid and reliable.

-Unit exams 1 and 2 complete with Form Return answer sheets. We are working on Units C and D

Science 14 Exam Review Collaborators:

Lindsay Bonenfant, Danielle Dore, Karen Harris, Julie Hill, Penny Marcotte, Alix Macdonald, Neil Summers

English Language Arts 30-2 Equivalency Exam Review

-final stages of Form B revisions and review

-Form A has been in use since August. We are collecting data using Form Return answer sheets. Form A has proven to be valid and reliable.

ELA 30-2 Equivalency Exam Review Collaborators:

Meghan Clayton, Susan Lemmer, Lorna Malanik, Tasha Nott, Patricia Pryce,  Murray Ronaghan, Jennefer Rousseau, Chris Taylor

English Language Arts 20-1 Unit Exam Review

-The review process is under way and items for four unit exams are coming together.

-At the end of this project, we will have 4 common unit exams for ELA 20-1 (poetry, non-fiction, Shakespeare, and short story).

ELA 20-1 Unit Exam Review Collaborators:

 Meghan Clayton, Marc Desilets, Danielle Dore, Tasha Nott, Murray Ronaghan, Jennefer Rousseau, Duff Waddell

Bio 30 and Bio 20 Unit Exam Review

-Units 1 and 2 have been reviewed, revised, and the new forms blueprinted. We are using Form Return to track data for these exams

-Units 3 and 4 are coming along with item review and revision, as well as item writing.

Bio 20/30 Unit Exam Review Collaborators:

Lindsay Bonenfant, Michelle Bourne, Celia Herodek, Penny Marcotte, Lee Murray, Laura Slade

Common Unit and Final Exams

-We are making our way through the exam conversion process.

-thanks to Karlie's excellent workshop on how to convert exams, we have had more staff participating in the conversion project (you can view the video on the Foundational Curriculum website)

Exam Conversion Team:

Danielle Dore, Penny Marcotte, Karlie Wimble

Math 30-1 Form B Unit Exams

-Thanks to Debbie Scott for taking on the initiative to write Form B unit exams for MAT3791

-These exams have been reviewed and blueprinted and are currently being used. The exams also have Form Return answer sheets.

Exam Reviewers:

Debbie Scott, Michael Gaschnitz, Bev Kosior, Melanie Macdonald, Brenda Thomas

There has also been some Exam Development Centre work taking place that is not necessarily a project, but is still valuable work to the CEFL. Work is currently being done on Science 10 unit and final exams (Neil Summers, Penny Marcotte, Karim Jaber), and Chemistry 20 unit exams (Debbie Scott, Lindsay Bonenfant, Penny Marcotte), and Math 30-3 exam and assignment development thanks to Brenda Thomas and Bev Kosior.

Thank you again to all instructors who have graciously given their time and expertise to exam development projects! It’s a pleasure to work with all of you!

If you would like to be involved in an exam development project please contact Maureen Stewart (3410, mstewart@bowvalleycollege.ca). If you would like to submit an exam development project idea, please visit the Foundational Curriculum website and click on Submit a Project Idea.

If you spot an error in an exam, please fill out the Report and Error Form on the Foundational Curriculum website. We will respond within one business day. Many thanks to those already using the form including Brenda Thomas, Penny Marcotte, Neil Summers, Debbie Scott, Michelle Bourne, Celia Herodek, Laura Slade, and Lindsay Bonenfant.

We look forward to working with you!

Maureen Stewart
Curriculum Development Exam Lead