[This is a guest post by Derek Bruff, an assistant director of the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University, where he is also a senior lecturer in Mathematics. His book, Teaching with Classroom ...

Multiple choice questions are often frowned on as an assessment tool in higher education. But when well constructed, they offer a clear and transparent way of evaluating student progress, as Anthony ...

Multiple-choice tests and quizzes are an effective tool for: assessing a student's mastery of facts and concepts; helping students learn and retain facts and concepts. While some educators might see ...

I shared extensive advice on this in a previous advice resource, “ Creating worthwhile multiple choice questions for higher education assessment ”. Once you have a bank of suitable questions, the ...

Instructions for Guests Join us in person or via Zoom. Sponsors Friends of the BU Library, the Office of Academic Affairs and Faculty Development. Writing excellent exam items requires considerable ...

COVID-19 and the dramatic increase in remote, hybrid, and online teaching have prompted many CU faculty and instructional support staff to rethink many elements of their courses and question ...

Although people often think about multiple-choice tests as tools for assessment, they can also be used to facilitate learning. A new study offers straightforward tips for constructing multiple-choice ...