Like many professors, I tend to disparage multiple-choice tests. They measure a narrow test-taking skill that has little to do with “real life.” They’re about memorizing facts rather than dealing with ...

Ideally, multiple-choice exams would be random, without patterns of right or wrong answers. However, all tests are written by humans, and human nature makes it impossible for any test to be truly ...

New research from Bayes Business School suggests the inclusion of more than one correct response in multiple-choice examinations focuses students on deeper learning of material, and benefits ...

In an excellent column, Ray Schroeder, senior fellow for the Association of Leaders in Online and Professional Education, laments the tendency for many instructors to rely on text-specific test banks ...