1st Edition

Learning and Assessing with Multiple-Choice Questions in College Classrooms

By Jay Parkes, Dawn Zimmaro Copyright 2016
    154 Pages
    by Routledge

    154 Pages
    by Routledge

    Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are a ubiquitous tool used in college classrooms, yet most instructors admit that they are not prepared to maximize the question's benefits. Learning and Assessing with Multiple-Choice Questions in College Classrooms is a comprehensive resource designed to enable instructors and their students to enhance student learning through the use of MCQs. Including chapters on writing questions, assessment, leveraging technology, and much more, this book will help instructors increase the benefits of a question type that is incredibly useful as both a learning and assessment tool in an education system seeking ways to improve student outcomes.

    .

    Introduction. Chapter 1: Writing Multiple-Choice Questions. Chapter 2: Assessing with Multiple-Choice Questions. Section 3: MCQs and Leveraging Technology. Chapter 4: Teaching and Learning through Multiple-Choice Questions. Appendices.

    Biography

    Jay Parkes is Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico, USA.

    Dawn Zimmaro is Director of Learning Design and Assessment at the Open Learning Initiative at Stanford University, USA.