Drag & Drop Your Way to Assessment Success

What technology enhanced question types

work best with my lesson?

• Overview of question type families

• Review question types in each family

• Choosing based on subject and content

• Transforming existing assessments

Agenda

Question Type Families

Traditional Num

Wor

d

Number-

based

Word-based

Wor

d

Wor

d

Label Label

Label NumNum

Graphing

Graph

Grap

h

Grap

h

Group

Group

Group Group Multi

Choose a family based on answer type

Answer Type Family Main Use

Choose from answers given Traditional Quick check

Answer in Words Word-based ELA; Social Studies

Answer in Numbers Number-based Math

Answer in Pictures Labeling Science; Geometry; K-

2

Answer in Graphs Graphing Math; Science

Answer by Grouping or

Classifying

Grouping All subjects

Answer in Multiple Ways Multi-part Performance task

Mimic bubble sheet question types

Traditional

3 types with increasing difficulty

Traditional

Easier Harder

Word-based: Answer in Words

3 constructed response types

• Text entry allows single character mistake

• Essay type must be graded by teacher

3 constructed response types

Word-based: Answer in Words

Easier Harde

r

2 literary analysis types

Word-based: Answer in Words

2 literary analysis types

Word-based: Answer in Words

3 numbers only types

2 equation/formula types (student uses math editor)

Number-based: Answer in Numbers

3 numbers only types

2 equation/formula types

Number-based: Answer in Numbers

• Upload image or diagram

• Label parts with names or measurements

Labeling: Answer on Picture/Diagram

• 3 types of increasing difficulty

Labeling: Answer on Picture/Diagram

Easier Harder

Student creates various types of graphs for an

answer

Graphing: Answer with a Graph

7 types of graphs

Graphing: Answer with a Graph

Tallie

s

Ratio

sNumber

LineGraph

Coordinates

Line

graphsFraction

sInequality

Student must match like

items, classify them into

groups or order them in

sequence

Grouping

• 4 types grouping questions

Grouping

Easier Harder

• What type of content do you have?

• How difficult do you want to make the exercise?- How well do the students know the material?

- How long do you want them to work on the exercise?

How do I start?

Difficulty L

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Ease of Creation

Traditional

Number-

basedWord-based

Labeling

Graphing

Grouping

Multi

Easier Harder

Hard

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Easie

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Let’s do some examples

Math Questions: NBT Standards

What is my

content?

• Math

• Place Value

Families to consider

• Number-based

• Grouping

• Labeling

What is my

difficulty?

• Med to Hard

Math Question: NBT Standards

1. Which expression is equal to the decimal 713.08

Answer: 7 x 100 + 1 x 10 + 3 x 1 + 8 x 1/100

2. What is the greatest number you can make using the digits 4, 7, 8, 3, and 9?

a. Write a number that is 10,000 more than the number you made.

b. Explain how you got your answer.

ELA Question: Grammar

What is my content?

• ELA

• Parts of speech, punctuation

Families to consider

• Word-based

• Grouping

• Labeling

What is my difficulty? • Easy to Med

ELA Question: Grammar

1. Which sentence has the correct punctuation?

Alex lives in San Francisco CA.

Alex lives in San Francisco; CA.

Alex lives in San Francisco, CA.

Alex lives in San Francisco. CA

2. Which sentence has an adjective?

A. Andrea goes to camp in the summer with her sister.

B. Mike has a brother who likes to play basketball.

C. It was very difficult finding a good book to read

Amy, Bart and Candace each went on a whale watching trip. On the

coordinate plane below, x represents the number of hours they spent

whale watching and y represents the number of whales seen.

Which statement is true based on the points plotted on the grid?

A) Bart saw 3 whales in 4 hours.

B) Bart saw 1 more whale than Amy.

C) Amy and Bart saw the same number of whales.

D) Amy and Candace saw the same number of whales.

Transforming Multiple Choice Questions

Question Type Tour – shows every question type

from the students’ point of view

www.Edulastic.com/question-type-tour

You Tube – examples of how to create a lot of the

questions types

Resources

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