Faculty – Is Two Better than One? Writing Two-Tiered Multiple Choice Items

Date: Friday, September 11, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Ron Hermann, Professor, and Director of the Earth-Space Science Program and FACET Fellow for Teaching
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Looking for ways to improve the cognitive demand of assessment items while also decreasing the likelihood of academic dishonesty? Two-tiered multiple-choice items (TTMC) add a second component to uncover students’ understanding of concepts resulting in more complex randomization of items that can inhibit academic dishonesty. In this session we will discuss best practices for writing multiple-choice items, the advantages and disadvantages of TTMC items, scoring TTMC items, exemplar items, and we will practice writing items for our content areas. 

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