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Saving
Time and Improving Student Performance A strategy I've found successful in preparing my students for these important tests is to administer daily practice tests. I believe seeing test questions on a daily basis that are similar to those on the AP and district finals tests reduces the students' test stress and anxiety. As an added benefit, while students are engaged with their daily tests, I can take attendance and deal with any administrative tasks or individual student issues. Testing this frequently would be impossible without ExamView 3.6. The software allows me to maximize my teaching time, as giving tests traditionally takes the entire class period. (This is especially important since we are currently on a block schedule.) With ExamView 3.6, I can build tests for five different subjects and seven class periods in just ten minutes. In addition, entering grades into the gradebook only takes about one hour every six weeks. Compare that to the time it takes to manually create, print, distribute, administrate, and grade tests! Preparing
Questions for use with ExamView
Using the Find and Replace feature in Word and doing some minor editing, I can easily prepare the file for EV Import. (The minimal amount of upfront time spent preparing the file and importing it into ExamView is more than offset by being able to use ExamView to grade each student's test later!) Below is the word processor document, but in the correct format for EV Import:
Once imported, the question bank can be used to build tests quickly and easily anytime using the ExamView program. [Note: The EV Import Utility for Windows is available free-of-charge at www.examview.com. The download includes the utility, a manual, and sample files.] It is also quite easy to import a test bank that contains diagrams. I simply use ExamView's SmartPaste feature to cut and paste the multiple choice questions into ExamView, and then save the diagrams in JPEG format. There are some instances when I cannot use the EV Import Utility and must manually type questions into ExamView. No worries here either—ExamView's Question Bank Editor allows me to quickly key questions in the proper format. If the questions contain diagrams, I can scan them and save them in JPEG format for inclusion in the question bank. Using ExamView test banks, I can quickly and easily choose the questions to include on the tests each day. Tests may contain questions from material studied the day before, or questions from the entire year. Tracking
Students' Progress
It is also possible to export the reports to a comma separated value file (.csv) by clicking the Online menu and selecting Export Test Results. Accept the defaults in the Export Test Results window (see below) and click OK.
Simply enter a file name and indicate where to save the file. I use a descriptive file name such as "Day1.csv" and save the file on the Desktop so I can find it easily. Open the file in Excel (see below) or another spreadsheet program. Then copy and paste the grades into a gradebook program using the standard copy and paste operation. It's that simple!
Making
a Difference Kathleen
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