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Category Archives: multiple-choice questions
Can multiple-choice questions be used to give useful feedback?
I was asked the answer to this question recently, and I thought it was worth a blog post. My simple answer to the question in the title, I’m afraid to say, is “no”. Perhaps that’s a bit unfair, but I … Continue reading
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Performance on interactive computer-marked questions – gender differences
We have become aware of a significant difference in outcome for male and female students on our level 2 physics module; around 25% of the students on the module are women, and they are both less likely to complete the module … Continue reading
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Six Geese a-Laying
Day 6. Making multiple-choice better. Although I don’t, in general, much like multiple-choice questions, I have to admit that they can sometimes work very well. In conventional face-to-face settings, the use of electronic voting systems (‘clickers’) can bring lectures alive … Continue reading
Five Gold Rings
Day 5. Go beyond multiple choice. I’ve been reading a lot recently about the pros and cons of multiple choice (selected response) and constructed response questions. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll realise that I am not … Continue reading
Think before you assess
As well as the reading that has sparked my recent posts on Learning Outcomes and Revolution or Evolution?, I’ve been reading articles about multiple-choice questions and about assessing practical work. I’m fairly sure that I’ll be saying more about both of those topics … Continue reading
Distractors for multiple-choice questions
I’ve just been asked a question (well, actually three questions) about the summative use of multiple-choice questions. I don’t know the answer. Can anyone help? If we want 3 correct answers, what’s the recommended number of distractors? If we want 4 … Continue reading
Multiple choice questions in Peerwise
Yesterday morning I particated in a wonderful webinar on Peerwise (http://peerwise.cs.auckland.ac.nz/), led by Paul Denny from the University of Auckland. The more I see of it, the more I am impressed by Peerwise – yesterday I attempted to write questions … Continue reading
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More about guessing and blank/repeated responses
Depressingly, this post reports a similar finding to the last one. For the question shown (which is one of a series of linked questions on the Maths for Science formative-only practice assessment), 62% of students are right at the first attempt … Continue reading
‘A nice demonstration of a problem with multiple-choice questions’
That was my husband’s comment when we were analysing responses to the question shown on the left. Start by noting that although this is a drag and drop question it is indeed effectively a multiple-choice (or multiple-response) question – you can … Continue reading
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Multiple choice vs short answer questions
I’m indebted to Silvester Draaijer for leading me towards an interesting article: Funk, S.C. & Dickson, K.L (2011) Multiple-choice and short-answer exam performance in a college classroom. Teaching of Psychology, 38 (4), 273-277. The authors used exactly the same questions in … Continue reading