10 Golden Rules for Writing Multiple Choice Questions

by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore In a classical multiple choice question, a student should choose a correct answer among several (optimally 5) answers. Multiple choice questions consist of three obligatory parts: 1. the question (“body of the question”) 2. the correct answer (“the key of the question”) 3. several incorrect alternatives (the so called “distracters”) and optional (and especially valuable in self-assessment) 4. feedback comment on the student’s answer. Example of a multiple choice question In which of the periods of the cardiac cycle are all the valves closed: (body)   A. diastasis (distracter) *B. isovolume relaxation (key)   C. at […]
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