Multiple choice items require a low level recognition (most often) of what was in the text.
Not exact matches
Add humorous
items to tests, homework or class assignments — even at the University, one of my favorite options when I give
multiple choice exams
requiring students to identify pairs of psychologists is Calamari and Endive.
Invest in high - quality assessments that contain fewer
multiple choice items and more constructed responses that
require students to not only know, but be able to apply, key concepts to unique situations.
The second page of the report elaborates on the purpose of the Smarter Balanced test, which, it says, includes a «wider variety of questions than traditional
multiple -
choice tests and include tasks and test
items that
require students to explain how they solve problems.»
Incorporation of alternative
items / prompts that
require more rigor than
multiple choice and include various types of hands - on or interactive material
For
multiple -
choice items, students are
required to select an answer from a list of options; responses are electronically scanned and scored.
Of course, this immediate scoring
requires that the teacher use selected - response
items, such as
multiple choice, matching, true or false, and the like.