Imagine you are a teacher who wants students to use effective information processing strategies as they study classroom subject matter. You consider what educational psychologists have learned about the effects of classroom assessment tasks on learning, and you conclude that you should:
A) Not give paper-pencil tests at all.
B) Ask many short questions rather than a few lengthy ones.
C) Give assessment tasks that require meaningful understanding of the material.
D) Assess students' rote knowledge of the material first, then ask higher-level questions about the material in a subsequent assessment.
Question 2
Which one of the following statements accurately describes the effect of classroom assessments on students' motivation?
A) They promote greater extrinsic motivation for studying classroom material.
B) They promote greater intrinsic motivation for studying classroom material.
C) Essay tests enhance students' motivation to study classroom material; multiple-choice tests undermine it.
D) Only performance assessments promote facilitating anxiety; paper-pencil assessments typically lead to debilitating anxiety.
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