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What is the primary focus when writing multiple choice questions?
What is the primary focus when writing multiple choice questions?
- Providing irrelevant material in the stem
- Ensuring all options are implausible
- Making the stem meaningful by itself (correct)
- Using 'all of the above' options
What should the options/distractors be free from?
What should the options/distractors be free from?
- Plausible statements
- Common student misconceptions
- Clues about which response is correct (correct)
- Mutually exclusive content
Why should the stem not contain irrelevant material?
Why should the stem not contain irrelevant material?
- To make the question more challenging
- To ensure the stem is negatively stated
- To ensure it presents a definite problem (correct)
- To confuse the students
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Study Notes
Multiple Choice Questions
- Primary focus when writing multiple choice questions is on measuring student knowledge and skills accurately
- Goal is to assess students' mastery of learning objectives, not to confuse or trick them
Options/Distractors
- Should be free from ambiguity, clarity, and grammatical errors
- Should be plausible but incorrect, making it difficult for students to eliminate them
- Should not give away the correct answer
Stem
- Should not contain irrelevant material that could confuse students
- Should clearly and concisely present the problem or question
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