I've learned that I'll be teaching my first 30-hour Outreach course and was wondering what kind of tests you give your students.  How many questions and what level of difficulty would you say your quizzes/tests are?  I should've already been fully prepared for the course, I know, but I honestly haven't had time.  I do have lesson plans readily accessible... just not the tests.

I'm not really looking forward to this. 

-Justin

Justin,

It really depends upon who your audience is. Are these going to be employees that have little or no safety experience? If so, then you'll need to go to the basics, make sure they understand what they need to do to get the job done. The tests can be basic but make sure they have lots hands on exercises.

Are these going to be full or part time safety people that have some knowledge? If so, you can make the tests a little more difficult and subject specific.

If they are experts, the test is going to be a formality.

In my opinion, the test whether written or hands on must be able to show that the student has absorbed and retained the information. Give tests that will pass the laugh test (the test isn't so easy that an auditor would bust out laughing)

MikeCJ

The "Laugh Test" crossed my mind just a few minutes ago (I've heard the term before).  Our guys are construction foremen who've been with our company for at least a decade a piece.  I'm thinking of making it mild... nothing they can do with their eyes closed, but nothing that would take extensive hours of research. 

-Justin