Designing and Managing MCQs:

Appendix A: Where to get Help

• A1. Persons
• A2. Books and articles
• A3. Hypertext Links

A1. Persons

• Ken Masters: Education Development Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences (kam@its)
• Georges Delpierre: GRD Consulting (grd@intekom.co.za)

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A2. Books and articles

• Airasian, P. W. (1994) Classroom assessment, 2nd Ed McGraw- Hill
• Bak, N, (1990), "How to test insight and understanding of philosophical issues by means of multiple-choice questions." S.A. J.Ed., 10, pp. 103-108.
• Bloom B S. (Ed.) (1989) Taxonomy of educational objectives. Handbook I: cognitive domain (New York, McKay)
• Delpierre G R (1991) "The degradation of higher levels of the cognitive domain and its implication for the design of computer-based question episodes" Studies in Higher Education, 16, pp. 63-71.
• Gronlund, N. E. (Date) Constructing achievement tests, 3rd Ed. Prentice- Hall.
• Harden R McG, Brown R A, Biran L A, Dallas Ross, W P and Wakeford R E (1976), "Multiple choice questions: to guess or not to guess." Med. Educ., 10, 27-32.
• Koeslag, J., C. W. Melzer, and S. R. Schach, "Penalties in Multiple-Choice and True-False Questions," S. Afr. Med. J. 63 (1983), pp. 20-22.
• Mehrens W A and Lehman I J (1980) Standardized tests in education, Holt Rhinehart and Winston
• Mehrens W A (1991) Measurement and evaluation in education and psychology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch
• Rust, W. B. (1973) Objective testing in education and training, Pitman Educational Library.
• Ward. C. (1981)Preparing and using objective questions, Stanley Thornes.

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A3. Hypertext Links

• APA's "Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education." South African users might prefer to access a local copy of the Code.
• The Assessor
• Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
• Resource Guide: Computer Aided Assessment: A large set of resources on the subject.
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
• Computer Aided Assessment  (Hertfordshire University, Learning and Information Services)
• Multiple Choice Tests: Some good discussion here on approaches
• National Board of Medical Examiners (U.S.A.) has a useful page on Constructing Written Test Questions for the Basic and Clinical Sciences
• Objective Tests: In Defence of 'Negative Marking' (pdf format)
• Question Mark:| In England | | In the U.S. |
• University of Surrey's English and applied Linguistics Department has a Resources in Language Testing Page.

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