Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

Multiple-choice questions don’t belong in college. Yet more professors seem to be turning to the format these days, as teaching loads and class sizes grow, since multiple-choice quizzes and tests can be easily graded by machines. There are rules to writing good multiple-choice questions.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Assignments 157

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

I have encouraged giving frequent quizzes , think-pair-shares , and teaching students to use flashcards , but there are a lot of other ways to do it. “You want just enough to get people motivated, but not so much that people feel anxious,” Blunt explains. “Present students with a multiple choice question.”

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Multiple Choice Questions Teachers Writing Questions 77

Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Our questions and subsequent review focused on implementing collaborative quizzes. In the fall of 2022, students in three sections of a required 200-level business writing course at a large, Midwestern university (N=72) participated in seven collaborative quizzes and three independent quizzes taken throughout the fall semester.

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Quizzes Education Multiple Choice Questions Feedback 52

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

The third is motivational — the fuel that keeps students pushing forward when they get stuck on difficult material. Studies have consistently shown that students tasked with responding to interactive exercises, like answering online quizzes, retain more than those tasked with passive learning activities such as reading or watching videos.

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