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shared by Scott Nancarrow on 02 May 24
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well-designed MCQs could offer us the good stuff (“simplicty”) without the bad stuff (“merely surface learning”)
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Because “memory is the residue of thought,” and this MCQ requires more thought, it will almost certainly result in more memory (a.k.a. “learning”).
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to encourage our students to think more.Step 1: show the MCQ — but not the potential answers;Step 2: pause just a bit;Step 3: okay, NOW show the answers.In theory, students just might use that strategic pause to see if they can think of the answer on their own.
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If you want to have your students learn more from multiple-choice questions, build in a short pause between the question and the possible answers.And, encourage your students to think during that pause: what will the right answer be?The more thinking, the more learning.