Learning and Assessing with Multiple-Choice Questions in College Classrooms

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-84597-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 154 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 387 g

Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are a ubiquitous tool used in college classrooms, yet most instructors admit that they are not prepared to maximize the question's benefits. Learning and Assessing with Multiple-Choice Questions in College Classrooms is a comprehensive resource designed to enable instructors and their students to enhance student learning through the use of MCQs. Including chapters on writing questions, assessment, leveraging technology, and much more, this book will help instructors increase the benefits of a question type that is incredibly useful as both a learning and assessment tool in an education system seeking ways to improve student outcomes.

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Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parkes, Jay

Zimmaro, Dawn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Prüfungen und Beurteilungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Chapter 1: Writing Multiple-Choice Questions. Chapter 2: Assessing with Multiple-Choice Questions. Section 3: MCQs and Leveraging Technology. Chapter 4: Teaching and Learning through Multiple-Choice Questions. Appendices.

Über Autor(innen)

Jay Parkes is Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico, USA.

Dawn Zimmaro is Director of Learning Design and Assessment at the Open Learning Initiative at Stanford University, USA.