Event details

What are the benefits?

Participants in this workshop will be introduced by the structure of MCQ items and how to design MCQs to test higher order thinking rather than just memorizing. Participants of the workshop will also be introduced to methods of minimzing students' guess work by examining the optimum number of distractors and some other techniques. Participants will also have the chance to design some MCQs during the workshop and discuss it with their peers in the session.

Topics covered include:

Structure of MCQ, Preventing Guess work, Optimum number of options, MCQs and Higher order thinking, Negatrive Marking, Some tips and group working

Who should attend?

Open to all academic staff in case they want to use MCQs as part of formative activities in their teaching practice. This workshop is also very useful for the course directors and module leaders as part of their responsibility of designing core assessments. MCQs might be a good type of assessment for that purpose.

Facilitator

Mojtaba Ammari-Allahyari and Susan Bray Academic Development Team