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Direct linkFenna, Doug S. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2004
Multiple-choice testing (MCT) has several advantages which are becoming more relevant in the current financial climate. In particular, they can be machine marked. As an objective testing method it is particularly relevant to engineering and other factual courses, but MCTs are not widely used in engineering because students can benefit from…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Engineering Education
