Multiple choice testing

When was the earliest MCQ?

1916

What is a limitation of the most common MCQ format?

Doesn’t measure partial knowledge

Which 4 MC test formats measure partial knowledge?

Confidence marking

Elimination testing

Complete ordering

Probability testing

What is confidence marking?

Assign confidence to favourite option

What is elimination testing?

Eliminate all options that examinee identifies as incorrect

What is complete ordering

Rank options from most to least favourite

What is probability testing?

Distribute 100 across options

What is the usual formula used for correction for guessing?

1/(n-1) where n= number of options

What did Higham (2007) find about MCQs?

Students omit answers that they actually would have got right but lacked confidence

What did Mcdaniel find is the best?

short answer/ cued recall

What was found from the metanalyses?

Any retrieval practice will have benefits but there were varied findings

What is the negative testing effect?

Students sometimes recall the incorrect answer from a practice test

What did Butler & Roediger find can reduce the negative testing effect?

Corrective feedback

What did Marsh say is important not to practice?

Incorrect answers

What did Little find will tend to happen if you have competitive lures?

You will tend to choose the correct answer

What did Higham & Alamri find about answering questions you have seen earlier?

There is a benefit

What did Higham & Alamri find about back to back questions?

They boost question accuracy

What is the negative testing effect caused by?

Repeating earlier errors

What is the related questions effect caused by?

Responding with earlier corrective feedback

Which 2 effective learning techniques are used by peerwise?

Generation effect

Retrieval practice

What did Kelley find about the peerwise?

Generating questions has a larger positive effect than retrieval practice

Answering a difficult MC question can facilitate performance on related cued-recall questions answered later on, what does this demonstrate?

Ppts were retrieving information about the lures