Once a year, 50 questions, a 3-hour all-or-nothing challenge — The old multiple-choice exams and the art of 'verifying' your answers

The multiple-choice exam is just a hurdle before the essay exam, right? I just need to pass it somehow.”I can almost hear ...
Phys.org

Multiple-choice exams favor boys over girls, worsening the math gender gap

Boys perform better than girls in tests made up of multiple-choice questions. Multiple-choice questions are considered objective and easy to mark. But my research shows they give an advantage to males ...
Phys.org

Research suggests multiple-answer question format in exams improves student attainment

New research from Bayes Business School suggests the inclusion of more than one correct response in multiple-choice examinations focuses students on deeper learning of material, and benefits ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Making the Most of Multiple Choice

Blake Harvard has given a lot of thought to multiple-choice questions. His Advanced Placement psychology students at James Clemens High School, in Madison, Ala., will face 100 of them when they take ...