Creating Digital Exam Wrappers to Support Students Practicing Metacognition

Meredith Burr, a professor of mathematical and statistical sciences, has developed an exam wrapper that is built in the software of the statistical software used by students in the course. By completing the wrapper in the software, students are being put into the mindset they will need for the exam as they reflect on their preparation plans; following the exam, students can review their performance at the exam problem level and identify which skill or concept they need to develop their understanding of further. They use Canvas Quiz to distribute exam wrappers; the use of technology allows it to be scalable, easily implemented and distributed, and quickly graded.

Digital Resources

Exam Wrapper PDF Example

This is an example of one of Meredith Burr’s digital exam wrappers that can be adapted for your own course.

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Digital Enablement

While many exam wrappers exist outside of technology products, some professors have begun to use born-digital exam wrappers. Much like traditional paper-based exam wrappers, digital exam wrappers allow students the opportunity to practice metacognition by reflecting before and after an exam on their preparation methods, performance, and potential areas of growth while also offering additional benefits such as ease and reduced time of completion, integration into existing course technology and practices, and easier mapping to exam concepts.

Metacognition & Self-Regulated Learning

Implementation Effort:

Light Moderate Substantial

Subject:

Math Statistics

Use Case:

Course Design Assessment