Branched scenarios trump multiple choice tests by extending learning

Walter Barbieri

By Walter Barbieri
Community contribution / May 20, 2019

The world’s most popular assessment mode is the multiple choice test - but do they actually help students to learn?

Recent modelling indicates that multiple choice quizzes are “the most common and enduring form of educational assessment that remains in ...

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