Workshop Announced
Maximize the Potential of WebCT and Blackboard Multiple Choice Questions – A Workshop
Most of us, at some point of our academic careers, have taken an exam where the questions were confusing and at times misleading. Did you get the feeling the instructor was trying to "trick" you? As an instructor have you written a question or two that you weren’t entirely happy with?
We’ve all been there as examinees or examiners. The purpose of this workshop is a brief introduction into improving a widely-used format on university exams: the multiple-choice item. In this workshop, the basic elements of the multiple-choice item will be broken down and explained along with a variety of traps that people can fall into when writing their items. This workshop also includes a non-stats person’s description of item statistics and what to look for from exam service when you are trying to improve your items.
Philip Bailey, from Academic Technologies will be conducting these sessions.
