Crowd Source Math Test

Today I gave an integers test to students in groups of three. I asked that they make the groups. One person had to describe themselves as loving math, the second, liking math and the third, not so much. I gave them the test of 20 multiple choice questions, although the chart below shows only 9. They were given 20 minutes to complete the test as a group of three.

When they were done they were to send someone to the board and write their answers on a chart like the one below. After everyone was done they were told whether or not all the answers were correct. If their answers were not all correct and in agreement with one another, they were allowed to talk to other groups and to change their answers.

The results were very interesting. After 20 minutes all of the students answers were correct with no help from an adult. I thought this was a very effective way of reviewing for a computation based test and of encouraging peer collaboration and mentoring. The kids thought it was fun and experienced success.

In this instance the test questions were simple computation and that is why the group succeeded in the time given. This crowd sourcing/collaborative method worked very well on this type of task. Not exactly creative, divergent, higher order and critical thinking, but well worth using again as a learning and evaluative tool.

CROWD SOURCED MATH TEST

Results

GROUP	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9
Tanner	A	C	D	A	C	B	B	A	D
McKenzie	A	C	D	A	C	B	B	A	D
Kathleen	A	C	D	A	C	B	B	A	D
Sabrina	A	C	D	A	C	B	B	A	D
Marinko	A	C	D	A	C	B	B	A	D
Cole	A	C	D	A	C	B	B	A	D