Week 7: Make a set of multiple choice questions for your article about language
This is your final task. It is part of your assessment for this course.
Please read the guidelines below for advice about making your own multiple choice questions (MCQs).
1. Review last term’s MCQ practice questions or check your textbook for examples first. You should aim to write with the same style and difficulty level.
2. You need to design 10 MCQs that follow the order of your text. Try to divide your questions across all paragraphs.
3. Keep the same format for each question:
Question stem: try to paraphrase an idea from the text. The reader will use this to find the part of the text that matches this question.
Four alternative answers: 1 correct and 3 incorrect ‘distractors'
4. Try to make questions that test different reading skills. Make at least one question for each of these:
5. Make your questions as clear and simple as you can. You should not try to deliberately confuse the reader! Be sure that no alternatives are obviously wrong. The reader should not be able to easily guess the answer.
6. Keep grammar and word form the same in both question stem and A-D alternatives. Choices A-D should also be around the same length.
7. Remember to mix up the letters representing the correct choice so that A, B, C and D are all used.
8. Finally, don’t forget to make a separate answer key! Make a note of the reason why your correct choice is correct, so that you don’t forget. Bring both your questions and your answer key to the next class.
Source: Adapted from John Mueller’s Authentic Assessment Toolbox: http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/tests/gooditems.htm
