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Sidhu, S. Manjit, Ramesh, S. |
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Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems; Winter2005, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p12-20, 9p, 5 Diagrams, 3 Charts |
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The use of multiple choice tests as a tool of assessment is popular in many university courses, particularly in the foundation year where there is a large number of students taking common subjects such as mathematics or engineering science. Under such circumstances, answers to multiple choice questions (MCQs) are written on special forms with blank ovals. These forms are scanned, and marking is done by comparing the answers with those input by the examiner. Subsequently, the results of the students are tabulated with the aid of customized software. However, this conventional method of administering MCQs is not practicable when the number of students and the number of questions are small e.g. ≤100 and ≤10, respectively. The present paper addresses this issue and discusses the development of an unconventional yet effective method for administering short and simple MCQs as a means of assessing student learning in a focus area of the subject matter. A MCQs test was designed wherein the five choices (n = 5) of answers to a question are tagged with different numbers based on the multiplication of numeral (n + 1) and not by the letters A, B, C, D and E as per normal practice. At the end of the test, the candidate will total the selected choices for questions and the test result can then be obtained by inputting the total choice value in a simple spreadsheet program. The spreadsheet program was written specifically to decode that number and indicate the number of correct answers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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