Great Question! The Art and Science of Crafting High-Quality Multiple-Choice Questions

Tara Catanzano; Sheryl G. Jordan; Petra J. Lewis

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2022.01.016

Great Question! The Art and Science of Crafting High-Quality Multiple-Choice Questions

Tara Catanzano
, Sheryl G. Jordan
, Petra J. Lewis

Radiology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dartmouth College

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11 Scopus citations

Abstract

Assessment of medical knowledge is essential to determine the progress of an adult learner. Well-crafted multiple-choice questions are one proven method of testing a learner's understanding of a specific topic. The authors provide readers with rules that must be followed to create high-quality multiple-choice questions. Common question writing mistakes are also addressed to assist readers in improving their item-writing skills.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	687-692
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume	19
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2022.01.016
State	Published - Jun 2022

Keywords

Item writing
multiple-choice questions
testing

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