Sample Matching Question Match the instructor with the course s/he teaches. You may assign an instructor to more than one course. SUBJECT INSTRUCTOR ______ Atypical Children A. Fischer B. Greene ______ Drama Methods C. Grigg D. Heffernan ______ Evaluation E. Mokosch F. Pimmentel ______ Modern Languages G. Runté H. Townsend ______ Social Context ______ Social Methods "PREMISE" "OPTION" or "RESPONSE"

• the left column is called the "premise"

• the right column is called the "option" or "response"

• reduces guessing
  
  --ten options = 1 chance out of 10, then 1 out of nine, etc.
  -- if options can be reused = 1 out of 10 (or whatever) each time

• associates trivial stuff if not careful -- names and dates
  
  
• can't score electronically on standard sheets
  
  
• if too many items in list, may become more of an exercise in searching than an evaluation of what they know
  
  
• may present problem for weak readers --more reading & organizing skills than most people realize