Biostatistics Programme info Micro-credential: Biostatistics Programme info Micro-credential: Biostatistics Study load: 7 ECTS credits Language of instruction: English Location: Campus Drie Eiken Faculty: Faculty of Science Course content The biostatistics course focuses on the application of differ…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Coping with student guessing on MC-tests In recent years, media attention has frequently been devoted to how teachers should cope with guessing on multiple-choice tests. Correction for guessing Such attention has regularly yielded c…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Quality multiple-choice exams without correction for guessing • May 2021 • Multiple-choice questions, and especially the way they're scored to compensate for guessing, have been intensely debated in higher education in recent ye…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Construction of multiple choice tests One important consideration when using multiple-choice tests concerns the size of the student group. For large numbers, it is important to keep the correction time under control. The constructio…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Teaching tips 2020 - 2021 Anyone can coach? Focus on student wellbeing (August 2021) Research-based teaching of large groups: it can be done! (July 2021) Comproved: Why make assessing difficult when it can be easy? (June 2021) Onlin…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Assessing students How to assess students? When to assess students? How to take the quality criteria into account when assessing students? How to organise peer assessment? Feedback on exams Open-book exams: what to be mindful of as …

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Reliability of written examinations Teachers who administer written examinations to students obviously want to know whether the results of these examinations are ‘true’. A student’s score should reflect the extent to which the…