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ERIC Number: EJ1296892
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 5
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1559-663X
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One of These Does Not Belong: Creating Interesting Multiple-Choice Questions for Teaching and Testing
Miklas, Matthew
English Teaching Forum, v59 n1 p31-35 2021
With the increase in online teaching sessions, instructors face the need to engage and challenge their students in new ways. Online quiz sites provide teachers with a cost-free means of gaining immediate feedback on their students' progress. However, students can become bored if multiple-choice quizzes do not vary and are used too often. This article describes a simple means of writing multiple-choice questions--which most often comprise a stem (the question) and four answer choices--to make them more engaging and challenging for learners of all levels and teaching contexts, online or off-line.
US Department of State. Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of English Language Programs, SA-5, 2200 C Street NW 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20037. e-mail: etforum@state.gov; Web site: http://americanenglish.state.gov/english-teaching-forum-0
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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