Purposes of the appeals
process:
1. Clarify uncertainty about
your understanding of the concepts.
2. Give additional recognition
and credit when missing a questions was caused by:
a. ambiguity in the reading
material.
b. disagreement between the
reading material and our choice of the correct answer
c. ambiguity in the wording
of the question
Guidelines for preparing
successful appeals:
Appeals are granted when they
demonstrate that you understood the concept(s) but missed the question
anyway or that your confusion was due to ambiguity in the reading material.
As a result:
If the appeal is based on
ambiguity in the question, you should:
1. Identify the source of
ambiguity in the question, and
2. Offer an alternative wording
that would have helped you to avoid the problem.
If the appeal is based on
either inadequacies in the reading material or disagreement with our answer,
you should:
1. State the reason(s) for
disagreeing with our answer, and
2. Provide specific references
from the reading material to support your point of view.
Impact of appeals on quiz
scores:
When an appeal is accepted
on a question that a group has missed (no individual appeals will be accepted):
1. Points will be added to
a. their group score.
b. the score of any individual
in the group who answered the same way the group did.
c. only those groups that
appeal.
2. Group member(s) who had
the original correct answer will
continue to receive credit
on the question.
Readiness Assessment Quiz
Appeals Form
Group Number ______ Quiz ________ Question Number ______
"Incorrect" answer being
appealed:
Source of ambiguity:
Give alternate wording for
question (if appeal is based on ambiguity with the question), or give reason(s)
for disagreement with answer (if appeal is based on inadequacy in the material
or disagreement with answer):
Whose individual scores should
also change if this appeal is granted?
