The midterm is a fiasco. Part of the problem is that they haven't spent the time they're supposed to outside of class doing work. Many would have bombed a multiple choice midterm or even a T/F midterm.
But I'm to blame for a good part of the fiasco. I tried to make the midterm that would make them think. In retrospect, the midterm should just test that they have memorized some stuff and then use the other assessments for the thinking. I've not done midterms in ages -- I hate them, but since they're part of the course here I need to go back to basics and next semester make the midterm an opportunity to force them to know some stuff, some basic stuff. That will be easier to grade if nothing else. And more to the point it will be predictable for them and they'll therefore be happy.
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I like the idea of True/False or perhaps even Mostly True/Mostly False. You could make things more like a Game Show format and perhaps present facts with one piece of disinformation and they have to identify the incorrect fact and replace it with the correct one. Then they have 2 envelopes to choose from and they can go for double or nothing or Deal or No Deal. Everyone loves game shows.
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