{"id":22700,"date":"2019-07-02T09:11:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T13:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/?p=22700"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:29:40","slug":"develop-your-skills-in-creating-multiple-choice-assessments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2019\/develop-your-skills-in-creating-multiple-choice-assessments\/","title":{"rendered":"Develop your skills in creating multiple-choice assessments"},"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                        Develop your skills in creating multiple-choice assessments\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Which of the following best describes&nbsp;<em>Zuul crurivastator<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Gatekeeper in the 1984 film Ghostbusters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A close friend of Gozer, the Gozerian.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A demigod worshipped by the Mesopotamians.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It\u2019s a swear word that the ancient Romans used when banging their shin against a marble column.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new type of ankylosaurine dinosaur.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>At our Multiple-Choice Retreat on July 24, we\u2019ll reveal the answer to this question \u2013 a question that has challenged and puzzled individuals for minutes. 3M teaching fellow 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>Lunch will be provided.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button left\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/cu_event\/multiple-choice-retreat-8\/\">Register here<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following best describes&nbsp;Zuul crurivastator? 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