Educator's blueprint: A how-to guide for developing high-quality multiple-choice questions.
Journal
AEM education and training
ISSN: 2472-5390
Titre abrégé: AEM Educ Train
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101722142
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Feb 2023
Historique:
received:
13
09
2022
revised:
31
10
2022
accepted:
13
11
2022
pmc-release:
24
01
2024
entrez:
30
1
2023
pubmed:
31
1
2023
medline:
31
1
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Multiple-choice questions are commonly used for assessing learners' knowledge, as part of educational programs and scholarly endeavors. To ensure that questions accurately assess the learners and provide meaningful data, it is important to understand best practices in multiple-choice question design. This Educator's Blueprint paper provides 10 strategies for developing high-quality multiple-choice questions. These strategies include determining the purpose, objectives, and scope of the question; assembling a writing team; writing succinctly; asking questions that assess knowledge and comprehension rather than test-taking ability; ensuring consistent and independent answer choices; using plausible foils; avoiding grouped options; selecting the ideal response number and order; writing high-quality explanations; and gathering validity evidence before and evaluating the questions after use.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36711253
doi: 10.1002/aet2.10836
pii: AET210836
pmc: PMC9873868
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e10836Informations de copyright
© 2023 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no potential conflict of interest.
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