I often pose questions in my statistics class that ask about the probability of randomly choosing a correct answer from a list of possible answers on a multiple choice test. I ask the students to ...

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In an excellent column, Ray Schroeder, senior fellow for the Association of Leaders in Online and Professional Education, laments the tendency for many instructors to rely on text-specific test banks ...

As midterm season wraps up, I couldn’t be more relieved. As a first-year student, these tests are incredibly nerve-wracking, especially for those of us, like me, who find multiple-choice questions ...

Multiple-choice questions don’t belong in college. They’re often ineffective as a teaching tool, they’re easy for students to cheat, and they can exacerbate test anxiety. Yet more professors seem to ...