In recent years, I have begun working with a new multiple-choice test sheet called the “Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique”, or IF-AT. They’re “scratch and win” style test sheets that allow me to give part marks for multiple choice tests. If students answer correctly the first time, they receive eight points, two points for a correct answer on the second attempt, one point for the third, and no points for taking four attempts. This allows students to know, as they’re taking the test, which questions they get right, and which they get wrong. It also aids in student learning and retention, since they have to re-think through the question when they get it wrong to arrive at the correct answer. I’m still developing a set of best practices for using these in philosophy classes, and I’m planning to write a journal article, likely for Teaching Philosophy, on my use of these test forms.
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