Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-15, 2009

Paper S093

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-68983-6, Copyright (C) 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Comparing Partial-credit Graded Examinations and an End-of-semester Bonus Quiz for Computerized Examinations

Eddie Fuller

West Virginia University

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Marjorie Darrah

West Virginia University

David Miller

West Virginia University

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ABSTRACT

This article describes a study comparing the exams of one hundred randomly chosen students from a business calculus class. For each student, the exams were graded using a partial-credit system and compared to the exams graded by Blackboard/WebCT coupled with an end-of-semester bonus quiz. We also discuss the types of questions and rubrics for partial credit for several problems.

Keyword(s): assessment, calculus