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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) are increasingly being used in higher education. This might be to provide more flexibility in course delivery as students can access materials 24/7, to facilitate enhanced feedback to students so that they can check their understanding, or to increase efficiencies in assessment and marking.

The University of Leeds provides a good introduction to the use of multiple-choice tests and questions.

There is undoubtedly skill in writing good MCQs. Jerard Kehoe from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has written a useful article on writing MCQs in the Journal of Practical Assessment Research and Evaluation.

There is often concern that students can potentially pass a multiple choice test by guessing the answers, for information on alternative approaches to marking see an article by Martin Bush ‘Alternative marking schemes for on-line multiple-choice tests’.

Student Portal Resources for Innovative Targeted Assessment
(SPRInTA) was an FDTL funded project which developed on-line assessment and tutorial support for sports science students. Although the project has now finished, resources and sample questions are still available to download from their website.

A number of companies now provide programmes to enable the use of on-line multiple-choice assessment; see for example Question Mark.

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