Critical Review Examination System (CRES) Computer Assisted Student Self-Critique of Essay Question Answers
Law Teacher (Institute for Law Teaching & Learning, Gonzaga University), V. 19, No. 1, Fall 2012
4 Pages Posted: 27 Sep 2012
Date Written: 2012
Abstract
This paper discusses the Critical Review Exam System [CRES] developed by Alan Tyree in Australia in which the computer poses a question requiring an essay answer. After the student answer has been "submitted," the computer asks the student a number of simple yes/no questions about the submitted answer. In effect, students mark their own answer. The "critical review" questions may be arranged in a tree structure, thus facilitating the use of questions which have no "right" answer.
Professor Bogen has written a companion piece "CRES Programs for Legal Education" (with Eric Sherbine) which may be found SSRN No. 2152378.
Keywords: legal instruction, essay questions
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