The most used types of questions are
- Single Choice
- Kprime (multiple choice)
- Open Essay Question
Single Choice
One question with three to x answer options. Only one answer option is correct.
The correct answer options can be either true/false or best answer.
The correct answer options can be either true/false or best answer.
Single choice questions are perfect for factual knowledge. They can be used to asses following cognitive levels[1]: Knowledge, Comprehending, Applying, Analyzing.
Kprime
One question with four answer options. Every answer option can either be true or false.
Answer options can only be true/false (or similar pair: e.g. black and white, aquaphob and aquaphil). Three correctly assessed answer options are rated with 50% of the allocated points.
Answer options can only be true/false (or similar pair: e.g. black and white, aquaphob and aquaphil). Three correctly assessed answer options are rated with 50% of the allocated points.
Kprime questions are perfect for cases / case scenarios.
Open Essay Question
One open question. A model answer including the allocation of points must be designed in advance.
Open questions are perfect to assess any higher level of cognition (Synthesizing, Evaluating, Creating).
Further Material
Designing Single/Multiple Choice Questions (German): “Teaching: Gute MC-Fragen erstellen“, incl. a checklist, exercise and literature
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‘Questions: Examples and Theory‘ in the moodle course “E-Learning: Exams“, incl. literature on Single/Multiple Choice questions