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Correcting answers given on exams
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Hi,
I have been using exams for about 2 years now at the end of our terms and one area I feel like I need a little direction on is correcting wrong answers. What do you do when a mistake is made in a dictation, or when an open ended question is answered with correct and incorrect information? Outside of exam week when my kids are narrating and they give a wrong piece of information, I just simply correct it and we move on. Is it any different for exam week? What about a situation where the child can’t answer the question at all or the answer they give is mostly incorrect? I understand that it could reflect either a poor question being asked, their lack of attention to the subject when taught, or my failure to give them a chance to really become familiar with it. But what do you do? Do you simply discuss the topic so they know the correct information or leave it alone ?
Exams are treated as any other narration. Those of us who were educated with a traditional textbook education tend to think of exams as the Big Test. In a Charlotte Mason education, exams are an opportunity for your child to show what they know from what they studied over the last 12 weeks or so. They are a measuring tool for you to know where your child is at in his understanding of what was studied so you know where to focus more attention in the next term.
You are correct that a poorly worded question or not giving your child a chance to become familiar with the material can affect how well your child narrates. This article on How to Handle Poor Exam Answers has a helpful checklist to help you in making sure you are setting your child up for good exam narrations.
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