You have freedom of assigning the number of questions and the content of the questions. Your questions should relate directly to the learning objectives of each lab (these are also your signature points) and I encourage you to try to include as many practical questions as possible using images or drawings. Aim for 20% (3– 6 pts.) of each quiz being higher order thinking questions. You can pull questions directly from the labs if you want, or alter them, or create your own. Below is a list of example verb from Bloom’s Taxonomy levels to help you work on defining the levels. There is a bank of quiz questions from previous years available on the BI22x GTA Canvas site under the Modules tab.

Example question types:

• Low level: Multiple choice, true/false, analogy, matching, short answer, fill in the blanks, define
• Middle level: Diagram, group like items, what if scenarios, compare and contrast, interpret results/figures
• Higher level: Develop hypotheses, compare results, defend/contradict statements, create new organisms

Quiz Bank:

• Although you are encouraged to use the quiz bank, please check each question carefully for clarity and alignment with lab learning outcomes
• To continue to bolster the quiz bank, please send your new quiz questions to the curriculum TA (announced at the first prep meeting of the term) along with your quiz averages

Points:

• The minimum points for a question will be 0.5 pt. The minimum for partial credit is 0.25 pts. The maximum number of points for a question will be 2 pts.

Quiz Score Collection:

• To ensure standardization across lab sections, you will be asked to send each quiz score to the curriculum TA (announced during first prep meeting of the term)
• You are expected to have your quizzes graded, returned to your students and average quiz score (excluding zeros due to student absences) to the curriculum TA within 1 week

Make-up Quizzes:

• If your average quiz score falls below 2 standard deviations from the mean of all lab sections, you may be directed by the course coordinators or curriculum TA to provide your students with a make-up opportunity
• If prompted, allow your students to make up 1/2 credit on questions that they missed by writing a one paragraph summary including 1) the correct answer, 2) why they answered incorrectly on the original quiz, and 3) how they will answer correctly in the future. This is an optional assignment.
• The make-up assignment should be graded as credit or no credit. If students complete the assignment entirely, they should receive credit, otherwise they should not receive credit.