Students around the country are gearing up for final exams, including often-disparaged multiple choice tests. Is their bad rap deserved?... Multiple choice tests are: A. Only effective for assessing ...
I was delighted to read Daniel J. Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig’s essay on the demise of the multiple-choice exam because, if these futurists are correct, we will see changes in education even more ...
Students everywhere are preparing for end of term exams. Multiple choice tasks are among the most frequently used exam forms in undergraduate education. They are cheap; they can be used in mass ...
Multiple-choice tests and quizzes are an effective tool for: assessing a student's mastery of facts and concepts; helping students learn and retain facts and concepts. While some educators might see ...
Students everywhere are preparing for end of term exams. Multiple choice tasks are among the most frequently used exam forms in undergraduate education. They are cheap; they can be used in mass ...
It looks like other multiple choice tests but it’s not, so skills that were well developed in years of standardized testing are rendered irrelevant. 2) multiple choice is only one axis of evaluation ...
Multiple-choice questions don’t belong in college. They’re often ineffective as a teaching tool, they’re easy for students to cheat, and they can exacerbate test anxiety. Yet more professors seem to ...
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Our students arrive at school with vastly different levels of preparation for the rigors of kindergarten. These children, in their first few months, will have to pass tests showing they know their ...
Although people often think about multiple-choice tests as tools for assessment, they can also be used to facilitate learning. A new study offers straightforward tips for constructing multiple-choice ...