In Defense of Multiple Choice

The value of multiple-choice in education has been a topic of debate since it’s invention in the beginning of the 20th century. Initially, the US army constructed this type of assessment as a means for determining intelligence for recruitment (Ramirez, 2013).  Provided this social validity, the ... Read More



How to Create Valuable Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple-choice questions can be a useful teaching and assessment tool, whether aiding class discussions or testing content on an exam. Teachers have been using this method of assessment for decades, whether verbally, on paper, or more recently through technology such as the real-time assessment ... Read More



Week 1 – A Quick Activity to Help Students Learn about their School

There’s always something new at the start of the school year, class rules, whether it is a new freshman class, a new administrator, or a classroom change. Both teachers and students need to get familiar with these changes fast. In Mr. Roberts’ homeroom, Socrative quizzes with images do the ... Read More