TALENT - Teaching and Learning Education for New Teachers
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Directions


1: Introduction


2: Principals of Adult
    Education



3: How Do People
    Learn?



4: Planning for
    Learning



5: Clinical Teaching


6: Teaching in the
    Ambulatory Setting



7: Teaching in the
    Inpatient Setting



8: The Art and Science     of Effective
    Lecturing




9: Learning in Small
    Groups



10: General Principles
     of Evaluation



11: Clinical Evaluation


12: Construction of
      Multiple-choice
      Tests




13: Giving Feedback


Final Thoughts


Quiz


References




Module 12: Construction of Multiple-choice Tests


Constructing a multiple choice test

Multiple-choice tests are categorized as selected-response items. Each item (test question) consists of a "stem" , a "correct answer", and "alternative distractors". These components of a multiple-choice item are illustrated below:

stem ------- 1. A psychological test, an interview, and a case study are:
correct answer (a) psychological assessment tools
alternative distractors (b) standardized behavioral samples
(c) reliable assessment instruments
(d) theory-linked measures



TALENT: Teaching and Learning Education for New Teachers