Well-written multiple-choice items can deepen thinking and learning, rather than simply challenging students to recall basic facts.
Like many issues in education policy, student assessment tends to produce views that crystallize around a false dichotomy. Either our perpetually new and improving multiple-choice tests are the only ...
In an excellent column, Ray Schroeder, senior fellow for the Association of Leaders in Online and Professional Education, laments the tendency for many instructors to rely on text-specific test banks ...