An update of multiple choice questions (MCQs): the sequential multiple choice questions (SMCQs)

Written by: V. Carta • May 10 2009• Volume 9 - Issue 1

Abstract

This report describes the process of developing a new type of multiple-choice question (MCQ), called sequential multiple-choice questions (SMCQs), in order to reduce the probability of answering correctly by chance and contrast the students’ tendency to copy. In SMCQs the five possible answers to a question are connected to one another on an approximation scale towards the most probable answer.

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