Multiple Choice Questions

Annotated bibliography of website resources for creating good multiple choice questions created by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Carneson, J., Delpierre, G., & Masters, K. (n.d.). Designing and managing multiple-choice questions: Appendix B, designing MCQs – do’s and don’ts. and Appendix C, MCQs and Bloom’s Taxonomy. Retrieved June 12, 2011

Designing and managing multiple choice questions. A manual developed by the University of Cape Town. Retrieved June 12, 2011

Guidelines for creating multiple choice questions using Bloom’s developed by University of Texas. Retrieved June 12, 2011

Haladyna, T. M. (1999). Developing and validating multiple-choice test items, 2 nd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Haladyna, T. M. (1989). Taxonomy of multiple-choice item-writing rules. Applied Measurement in Education, 2 (1), 37-50. An excerpt retrieved June 12, 2011

Gronlund, N. E. (1998). Assessment of student achievement. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Instructional Assessment Resources on Writing multiple-choice questions, from University of Texas

Jacobs, L. C. (2002). How to write better tests: A handbook for improving test construction skills. Retrieved June 12, 2011

Levels of Understanding Assessed by Multiple Choice Questions by the American Psychological Association

Marshall, J. C., & Hales, L. W. (1971). Classroom test construction. Reading MA: Addison-Wesley.

Sevenair. J. P., & Burkett, A. R. (1997). Item writing guidelines. Retrieved June 12, 2011

Tutorial to create MCQ on Blackboard from the Center for Instructional Technology (they have a tutorial for almost anything you can imagine on assessing learners)

Writing multiple-choice questions that demand critical thinking from the Teaching Effectiveness Program at the University of Oregon. Retrieved June 12, 2011 Adapted into a pdf  Retrieved June 12, 2011