Improving the Quality of Multiple Choice Examinations.

Shively, Michael Jay

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Improving the Quality of Multiple Choice Examinations

Shively, Michael Jay

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 5, 2, 71-6, Spr 78

Some of the merits and pitfalls of multiple choice examinations are outlined and ways of increasing reliability and feedback information are summarized. Included are discussions of basic format, examples of poor design, examples of augmentation, and feedback from computerized grading. (LBH)

Descriptors: Feedback, Grading, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Multiple Choice Tests, Professional Education, Test Construction, Test Items, Test Reliability, Veterinary Medicine

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