Hello house.

As we all know, the end of term examination is ongoing and I observed something very annoying and uncceptable in the students . Though it's not a new thing neither is it the first time they are doing such.

I've noticed that some students are fond of choosing two answers, leaving you with the task of choosing the correct answer for them.
When this happens, sometimes, you're caught between marking it wrong or making the choose for them, which I find incriminating and unethical.

This period, I've had to deal with this same issue ( even though I've warrned them severally to always pick only one answer) but this time I made up my mind to mark such answers wrong even if one of the two happens to be correct and that's exactly how I've been handling this issue but sometimes, I feel it's a bit harsh of me to just fail a student even when he got one of the answers correct.

So, is my approach to this issue right or wrong?

What of a situation where a student does this with the whole questions in a section? Should I go ahead and cancel the whole section or help him choose the correct answer?

Your inputs, please. This is becoming a common trend among them and it's not funny.

Bump!

There is no negotiation when it comes to double answer on objectives, it renders such answers null and void. Ask yourself this question, what if this is JAMB will the computer scoring software pity for them? I even write down their names when I was still teaching and punish them for wasting my time.

Elosky20:
There is no negotiation when it comes to double answer on objectives, it renders such answers null and void. Ask yourself this question, what if this is JAMB will the computer scoring software pity for them? I even write down their names when I was still teaching and punish them for wasting my time.

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The thing is just so tiring. I also don't fail to mention it to them that if they try it in an external exam where it will be marked by computer, they'll all have themselves to blame for it but still, they continue and my hands are tied because most of my schools don't allow teachers to punish the pupils.

They are marked wrong!!

juniorstar:
They are marked wrong!!

Ok.
Thank you sir.

This is the reason I prefer theory to objective.
You can navigate your way through when answering theoretical questions( as long as "YOU" the teacher is patient enough to read through my epistle) but same cannon happen with OBJ.
Scope we've been using for more than 3 decades.

juniorstar:
They are marked wrong!!

why
U dare not try it. So as long as the answer falls in ur writeup.

Rooneyboy:
why
U dare not try it. So as long as the answer falls in ur writeup.

I see it as hey teacher I have two options and I will be submitting both..kindly help me choose the right one..well I will help you choose the wrong one and give you zero score for that question..if you had guessed the right one I wd have given you your full score

The best thing is to cancel both, I did this in my Secondary School days, Probably because I think a lot, not that am not serious o, I am, but whenever I doubt answer, I shade the options straight. in fact, mine exceeded double, I do shade tripple, From 60 questions, I can do 15 multiple shading, and I will score the 15. Any time I shade multiple choice, I cannot miss the answer because they are doubted options. The best for the teacher is to cancel both. some teacher got my trick then and some didn't, if you often use stencil, you won't get the trick. Or you can cancel shading to writing the Options out.

The best thing is to cancel both, I did this in my Secondary School days, Probably because I think a lot, not that am not serious o, I am, but whenever I doubt answer, I shade the options straight. in fact, mine exceeded double, I do shade tripple, From 60 questions, I can do 15 multiple shading, and I will score the 15. Any time I shade multiple choice, I cannot miss the answer because they are doubted options. The best for the teacher is to cancel both. some teacher got my trick then and some didn't, if you often use stencil, you won't get the trick. Let them write out the options with pencil.

Tohsynetita1:
The best thing is to cancel both, I did this in my Secondary School days, Probably because I think a lot, not that am not serious o, I am, but whenever I doubt answer, I shade the options straight. in fact, mine exceeded double, I do shade tripple, From 60 questions, I can do 15 multiple shading, and I will score the 15. Any time I shade multiple choice, I cannot miss the answer because they are doubted options. The best for the teacher is to cancel both. some teacher got my trick then and some didn't, if you often use stencil, you won't get the trick. Let them write out the options with pencil.

This is not even a shading answer sheet. It's the type you underline or circle the answer. So what they do is underline two options where one is the correct answer and the other is wrong. In fact, one undelined all the options. I just put a big question mark on it.

Mercychen:
Hello house.

As we all know, the end of term examination is ongoing and I observed something very annoying and uncceptable in the students . Though it's not a new thing neither is it the first time they are doing such.

I've noticed that some students are fond of choosing two answers, leaving you with the task of choosing the correct answer for them.
When this happens, sometimes, you're caught between marking it wrong or making the choose for them, which I find incriminating and unethical.

This period, I've had to deal with this same issue ( even though I've warrned them severally to always pick only one answer) but this time I made up my mind to mark such answers wrong even if one of the two happens to be correct and that's exactly how I've been handling this issue but sometimes, I feel it's a bit harsh of me to just fail a student even when he got one of the answers correct.

So, is my approach to this issue right or wrong?

What of a situation where a student does this with the whole questions in a section? Should I go ahead and cancel the whole section or help him choose the correct answer?

Your inputs, please. This is becoming a common trend among them and it's not funny.

Doesn't your school put instructions on exam scripts? The instructions should bẹ they should pick only one answer from each questions.The ability to follow instructions is tested with the ability to pick the right answers. If they pick two answers, they are wrong.

Give him or her zero

HillaryNelo:
Give him or her zero

My dear, Im telling you. U don't want to look wicked.

Alhajiemeritus:
Doesn't your school put instructions on exam scripts? The instructions should bẹ they should pick only one answer from each questions.The ability to follow instructions is tested with the ability to pick the right answers. If they pick two answers, they are wrong.

The Instructions are there and I still announce it verbally to them before they start, yet they'll do the same thing.

Students are just something else. The zeal and willingness to learn and study is no longer there. All they want to do is play, press phone and watch TV.

Mercychen:
Hello house.

As we all know, the end of term examination is ongoing and I observed something very annoying and uncceptable in the students . Though it's not a new thing neither is it the first time they are doing such.

I've noticed that some students are fond of choosing two answers, leaving you with the task of choosing the correct answer for them.
When this happens, sometimes, you're caught between marking it wrong or making the choose for them, which I find incriminating and unethical.

This period, I've had to deal with this same issue ( even though I've warrned them severally to always pick only one answer) but this time I made up my mind to mark such answers wrong even if one of the two happens to be correct and that's exactly how I've been handling this issue but sometimes, I feel it's a bit harsh of me to just fail a student even when he got one of the answers correct.

So, is my approach to this issue right or wrong?

What of a situation where a student does this with the whole questions in a section? Should I go ahead and cancel the whole section or help him choose the correct answer?

Your inputs, please. This is becoming a common trend among them and it's not funny.

Two answers means the student does NOT know the answer.

Its not about looking wicked. Mark it wrong - that is the standard of exams. Only one answer must be marked

Shokoloko:


Two answers means the student does NOT know the answer.

Its not about looking wicked. Mark it wrong - that is the standard of exams. Only one answer must be marked

Exactly what I did (marked it wrong) throughout this week but I later started feeling somehow. you know... as a human being. That was why I created this thread to know if I'm being hard hearted and also if it's ok to bend the rules a little and consider them because I know I'm still going to face the same thing this week.

Chai, My children.

Mercychen:


This is not even a shading answer sheet. It's the type you underline or circle the answer. So what they do is underline two options where one is the correct answer and the other is wrong. In fact, one undelined all the options. I just put a big question mark on it.

In that case, give the students the paper to redo it.
And you monitor them with cane.

I thought that was the idea

It’s called ‘multiple choice‘ for a reason right?

I remember my teacher then
She said "following instructions is part of the exam", so if the instruction was answer ONLY two questions and you answered 3, you have failed, she won't even pick two and cancel the third

Mercychen:


My dear, Im telling you. U don't want to look wicked.



The Instructions are there and I still announce it verbally to them before they start, yet they'll do the same thing.

Students are just something else. The zeal and willingness to learn and study is no longer there. All they want to do is play, press phone and watch TV.

Rooneyboy:

This is the reason I prefer theory to objective.
You can navigate your way through when answering theoretical questions( as long as "YOU" the teacher is patient enough to read through my epistle) but same cannon happen with OBJ.
Scope we've been using for more than 3 decades.

Sometimes, some of these students answer more than the instructions tell them. You through the instruction above the questions tell them to answer let's say 3 out of 5...
Now you're marking, you then observe that about 1 out of every 6 students answered more than advised. Damn...sometimes you are so into the marking and this sort of stupidity from these set of students would sap your energy so bad...
Obj is just better...any student that shaded two boxes shaded no single box. That's null and void. Easy breezy.

Probably Primary School pupils. Just mark the co=ect one and move on.
Life no suppose hard for this kids

No time nah to cancel the answer.



I did lot of this during Nysc teaching.





My siggy though

Rooneyboy:
why
U dare not try it. So as long as the answer falls in ur writeup.

By your logic, students should begin shading all the options since one of them is bound to be correct.

Some students would even attempt more than the required n0 of questions instructed to answer thinking they would get more marks..

Isaytrash:
Probably Primary School pupils. Just mark the co=ect one and move on.
Life no suppose hard for this kids

Lol @ "life no suppose hard for this kids"

That's why I'm asking if I should consider them na .

It is well.