Chapter 6 of FiAE goes into how a teacher can make a test that works in a differentiated classroom, and also adequately tests a students knowing of the content, not just what they think they want the teacher to hear. It discusses the value of mixing both traditional ( multiple choice, matching, true false etc) and non-traditional ( diagrams, drawings, real life applications) in a quiz. It also discusses some areas on how to make the test clearer for both you and students, as well as not making students too nervous before a test, such as having them circle "true or false" not using double negatives in questions, making the writing prompts clear, and including something that may seem as fun to students.
This chapter reinforced some of my ideas about test-making, as well as giving me some new ones. I always new that a variety of different questions appealed to students, simply from my own experiences with quizzes, as well as feedback from my own peers to our teachers. I also always remember being aggravated when seeing a poorly worded question, and the teacher being unable to explain because " I can't help you with the test." Also, when I noticed a teacher may include a joke or two in quiz question, it de-stressed me a lot, which often helps a student in their test-taking abilities. This chapter gave a great overview on how to make a great test for students.
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