Jim Cooke examines which strategies students use while testing

Assessments are common in undergraduate classrooms, with formats including multiple-choice and open-ended (in which the students must generate their own answers) questions. While much is known about the strategies that students use when taking multiple-choice questions, there has yet to be a study evaluating the strategies that students employ during open-ended test questions. Here, we examine which strategies students use when they answer open-ended test questions. Read the paper!