Student-generated questions and Technologies for implementing MCQs
Student-generated questions
As a rich learning activity for students, you can ask them to write quiz/exam MCQs. Having students write MCQs provides them with an opportunity to recall and reflect on course content—processes that involve critical thinking, information literacy, and, depending on the course content, quantitative reasoning. In addition, student-generated questions allow you to see what your students consider to be meaningful content, what they understand to be fair and useful test questions, and how well they can answer the questions they have posed (Angelo & Cross, 1993).[1] Student-generated MCQs can also be shared for discussion and critique among peers.
Learn more:
Letting your students do the work: Student-generated exam questions (Centre for Teaching Excellence blog, University of Waterloo)
PeerWise: a McGill-approved learning technology that “supports [students] and [their] peers in the creation, sharing, evaluation and discussion of assessment questions relevant to [their] studies.”
Strategy Bites: Student-generated questions (Teaching for Learning blog and video)
Technologies for implementing MCQs
Additional McGill-approved learning technologies to facilitate the implementation of MCQs to support students’ learning include:
Polling @ McGill (TL KB)
Quizzes in myCourses (TL KB)
Request a consultation with a TLS staff member to learn more about writing MCQs, as well as designing MCQ exams that address academic integrity.
References
[1]Angelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers. Jossey-Bass.
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