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=Assessing Knowing (Remembering), Understanding, and Thinking (Applying) with Multiple Choice questions=

1. In your LG discuss the following questions. Make notes in your log and be ready to share with the whole group.

What is your experience with Multiple Choice questions/exams? What do you like and dislike about multiple choice questions? Why are multiple choice and short answer questions used so frequently by teachers and testing companies? What can you assess with these types of questions?

Advantages and disadvantages of MC items: Table 7.1 page 163 Focus on Multiple Choice Items: pages 163 - 168: Especially checklist in Figure 7.1 (page 168)

(McMillan 166-168)
2. Download Hot Potatoes Freeware at: @http://hotpot.uvic.ca/

In your group do the //How to Write a Good Multiple Choice Question// tutorial at: @http://hotpot.uvic.ca/howto/mcquestion.htm Also see the following helpful website: @http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/writing-good-multiple-choice-test-questions/

Hot Potatoes Demo; Especially focus on the role of Feedback. Saving a Hot Potatoes quiz as a website:

3. In your Learning Group critique the multiple choice questions in the following MCAT submission: (Use Figure 7.1 on page 168). Review the feedback statements created. What do you notice about these?

4. Examples of **Knowing, Understanding, and Thinking** (applying) MC questions:

5. Re-organize class in discipline groups. Work collaboratively on MCAT assignment. Click Here.