Allow your students to help create the test!

My Take

At first I was hesitant about using this site. I was worried that my students would simply make a form of internet flash card that might lead the student to rely on memorizing terms. I always try to show my students application is key, and that simply memorizing terms without being able to apply their meaning to real life situations is a bad plan. This site allowed me to show my students how to think critically about possible test questions. I gave my students the notes, and asked them to create 20 questions I could possibly ask them about the notes. This was a brief homework assignment. I was very pleased with the results. My students were able to adtually come up with good test questions. We took all of the questions created and talked about them in class. Of course I got a few student generated questions simply asking what a word meant, but we were able to discuss as a class how that was not a critical thinking question. We used these examples to re-write the poorly written questions to create application questions. I think this was probably one of the best study skills lessons my students have received in a long time. I have had students do this again on their own as a means for studying, without me asking them to do it! I also have had students tell me they now use this site in other classes as well!.