{"id":16966,"date":"2021-06-26T15:11:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T20:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=16966"},"modified":"2021-06-26T15:11:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T20:11:25","slug":"rethinking-multiple-choice-tests-for-better-learning-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/rethinking-multiple-choice-tests-for-better-learning-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking Multiple-Choice Tests for Better Learning Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"center\"><a title=\"assessment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57280691@N02\/5843577306\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/5225\/5843577306_06fd6132f7_b.jpg?resize=614%2C410&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"hand holding pencil over a bubble answer sheet with some answers bubbled in\" width=\"614\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Traditional testing relies on multiple choice, true\/false, and written response type questions. In authentic assessments, students apply concepts to real world situations by completing meaningful task-based assessments. This type of assessment engages a variety of skills and effectively measures higher levels of learning than traditional assessment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ctal.udel.edu\/resources\/the-case-for-authentic-assessment\/\">Authentic assessments<\/a> are widely viewed as pedagogically superior, yet multiple-choice assessments are often preferable to instructors and students alike.<\/p>\n<p>In an Inside Higher Ed opinion piece, Eric Loepp challenges instructors to rethink the premise that multiple-choice questions cannot meet the standards of authentic assessment. He argues that there are situations where higher-order multiple-choice questions can be used for assessment. If this has piqued your interest, you can read more in his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/advice\/2021\/06\/23\/rethinking-multiple-choice-tests-better-learning-assessment-opinion\">The Benefits of Higher-Order Multiple-Choice Tests<\/a>\u201d opinion piece for more information. <\/p>\n<p><small>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57280691@N02\/5843577306\">Exam<\/a> by Alberto G. licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditional testing relies on multiple choice, true\/false, and written response type questions. In authentic assessments, students apply concepts to real world situations by completing meaningful task-based assessments. This type of assessment engages a variety of skills and effectively measures higher levels of learning than traditional assessment. Authentic assessments are widely viewed as pedagogically superior, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/rethinking-multiple-choice-tests-for-better-learning-assessment\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Rethinking Multiple-Choice Tests for Better Learning Assessment\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5,8],"tags":[27],"class_list":{"0":"post-16966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online","7":"category-faculty-development","8":"category-teaching","9":"tag-assessment","10":"h-entry","11":"hentry","12":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-4pE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18817,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/icymi-rethinking-multiple-choice-tests-for-better-learning-assessment\/","url_meta":{"origin":16966,"position":0},"title":"ICYMI: Rethinking Multiple-Choice Tests for Better Learning Assessment","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Traditional testing relies on multiple choice, true\/false, and written response type questions. 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