Although people often think about multiple-choice tests as tools for assessment, they can also be used to facilitate learning. A new study offers straightforward tips for constructing multiple-choice ...

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 ...

Our fates in school and beyond are decided by quizzes, finals exams, driving tests and professional exams. Although test makers try to put the correct answers in random order, they fall into patterns.

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You are a congresswoman's chief of staff and she needs your help coming up with a position on whether a nuclear power plant should be built in the district. These are the kinds of prompts students ...

According to an article just published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, the answer — perhaps surprisingly — can sometimes be choice D. But it depends on how multiple choice questions ...

Students are more relaxed when taking multiple choice exams because of the 'placebo effect' of picking the correct answer, research has shown. A study of 40 undergraduates revealed that when the mind ...