Week in Review June 26, 2016
Midterm : a word that strikes horror in students who aren't prepared - and even those who are! My two Pharmacology classes had midterm exams this week. The situation was as bad as I feared. Pharmacology is one of the hardest classes and the tests are always killer. Before the test all of my students were between 90-98% - all A's. After the test more than one had a failing grade. (Nursing classes require that you have at least 77% [C+] to pass, so anyone whose grade was a C or lower gets an F). So - time to evaluate. Did I fail to teach the students effectively, did I fail to give them the tools that they need to pass the exam? Did the students fail to study? Did they study but not in a manner that would allow them to pass the test? Do the students all suffer from test anxiety? Was the test badly written? I just hate it when my students don't test well. After doing some research I feel that the test w...