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James Head <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 9 Nov 2018 17:20:31 +0000
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When I passed my CID and my CID+ I was allowed to see my marked question
paper afterwards. I was annoyed to find that about half of the questions I
answered incorrectly were wrong because I'd missunderstood American
English, or the manner in which the question was asked, rather than a lack
of knowledge.

James

On Fri, Nov 9, 2018, 4:26 PM Evamaria Jones <[log in to unmask] wrote:

> I am very disappointed that trainers / instructors and students can not
> see what questions were incorrect. 2 things....
> 1. Instructors need to know generally what types of questions are being
> missed and why for process improvement and to validate student
> understanding.
> a.  It gives the instructor ability to improve instruction technique,
> material presentation which helps reinforce important criteria.
> b.  Instructors should provide IPC feedback on incorrect, ambiguous, and
> misleading test questions that confuse everyone! Frequently students get
> the same wrong questions, which then instructors and IPC can do trend
> analysis, test/curriculum efficacy, and instructor awareness.
> 2. Students need to know what questions they got wrong.  Students/
> companies pay to receive training and instruction! It is not all about the
> certification.  Instructors are there to help them learn and  understand.
> a. Students not will be able properly navigate documents if they are
> getting questions wrong and don't know why.
> b. Also, students will not able to properly apply requirements if they do
> not understand criteria.
>
> In closing, IPC and trainers are doing their students and EMS / CM
> companies (all of which are our clients) a disservice by not properly
> training students; they will not be able to learn from their mistakes if
> they don't know what is wrong. We as trainers are obligated to help
> students learn and understand the information we are
> presenting....especially when they get test answers wrong! If you agree
> please post or send a note to IPC.
> Thank you
>

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