{"id":18922,"date":"2016-07-26T15:39:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T19:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/?p=18922"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:28:04","slug":"learn-make-multiple-choice-assessments-effective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2016\/learn-make-multiple-choice-assessments-effective\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn how to make your multiple-choice assessments effective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Learn how to make your multiple-choice assessments effective\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Which of the following is a sign that you\u2019re NOT young anymore?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You choose your cereal for the fibre, not the toy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You play connect the dots on your liver spots.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Getting the mail is one of the highlights of your day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You sprinkle tenderizer on your applesauce.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You look both ways before crossing a room.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>At our Multiple-Choice Retreat on August 24, we\u2019ll reveal the answer to this question from Ron Berk\u2019s Test of Testwiseness that has puzzled generations for years. 3M award winner and multiple-choice expert, Dr. Anthony Marini, will also help you develop your skills in writing and refining multiple-choice questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hands-on retreat will explore a variety of topics, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Best practices in item writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Techniques for constructing items that target higher cognitive levels of learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using item analysis results to refine and enhance your tests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The session runs from 9:30 a.m. &#8211; 3:30 p.m. in room 422 Dunton Tower. A pizza lunch will be served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/cu_event\/multiple-choice-retreat-5\/\">Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following is a sign that you\u2019re NOT young anymore? At our Multiple-Choice Retreat on August 24, we\u2019ll reveal the answer to this question from Ron Berk\u2019s Test of Testwiseness that has puzzled generations for years. 3M award winner and multiple-choice expert, Dr. Anthony Marini, will also help you develop your skills in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40335,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18922\/revisions\/40335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}