{"id":4151,"date":"2016-03-01T14:45:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T20:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=4151"},"modified":"2020-07-01T13:49:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T18:49:09","slug":"how-to-write-good-multiple-choice-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2016\/03\/01\/how-to-write-good-multiple-choice-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write good multiple choice questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acu.edu\/legacy\/academics\/cas\/psychology\/images\/mckelvain\/bob-mckelvain.png\" alt=\"Dr. Robert McKelvain\" width=\"108\" height=\"153\" \/>How do you write multiple choice questions that are valid and just? What kind of &#8220;testwise&#8221; clues do you want to avoid? What are the pros and cons for using textbook questions? To address these and other questions, listen to the following podcast by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acu.edu\/academics\/cas\/psychology\/faculty\/mckelvain.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Robert McKelvain<\/a>, Professor of Psychology at Abilene Christian University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4151-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2016\/03\/WritingGoodMultipleChoiceQuestions.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2016\/03\/WritingGoodMultipleChoiceQuestions.mp3\">http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2016\/03\/WritingGoodMultipleChoiceQuestions.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you write multiple choice questions that are valid and just? What kind of &#8220;testwise&#8221; clues do you want to avoid? What are the pros and cons for using textbook questions? To address these and other questions, listen to the following podcast by Dr. Robert McKelvain, Professor of Psychology at Abilene Christian University. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11850,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42279,42246,42258],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-case-you-missed-it","category-instructional-design","category-recording"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4151"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8305,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4151\/revisions\/8305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4151"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=4151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}