Mix-and-Match MCQs: four for the price of one

Helen Purchase; Alice Miller

doi:10.1145/3502717.3532154

Mix-and-Match MCQs: four for the price of one

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Multiple choice questions are a popular means of assessment for online examinations: easy to mark, but difficult to prepare in a way that makes it hard for students to gain high marks by sharing answers between them. Here we describe a systematic approach for creating multiple choice questions that can be used to test the understanding of bookwork topics, while still being challenging and mitigating against potential cheating.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
Editors	Erik Barendsen, Simon
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	593-594
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450392006
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3502717.3532154
Publication status	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education 2022 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 8 Jul 2022 → 13 Jul 2022 Conference number: 27th https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3502717 (Proceedings) https://iticse.acm.org/2022/ (Website)

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Name	Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Volume	2
ISSN (Print)	1942-647X

Conference

Conference	Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education 2022
Abbreviated title	ITiCSE 2022
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	8/07/22 → 13/07/22
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3502717 (Proceedings) https://iticse.acm.org/2022/ (Website)

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Purchase, H., & Miller, A. (2022). Mix-and-Match MCQs: four for the price of one. In E. Barendsen, & S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 593-594). (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE; Vol. 2). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3502717.3532154

Purchase, Helen ; Miller, Alice. / Mix-and-Match MCQs : four for the price of one. Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. editor / Erik Barendsen ; Simon. New York NY USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022. pp. 593-594 (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE).

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Purchase, H & Miller, A 2022, Mix-and-Match MCQs: four for the price of one. in E Barendsen & S (eds), Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE, vol. 2, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, pp. 593-594, Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education 2022, Dublin, Ireland, 8/07/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3502717.3532154

Mix-and-Match MCQs: four for the price of one. / Purchase, Helen; Miller, Alice.
Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. ed. / Erik Barendsen; Simon. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022. p. 593-594 (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE; Vol. 2).

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Purchase H, Miller A. Mix-and-Match MCQs: four for the price of one. In Barendsen E, S, editors, Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2022. p. 593-594. (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE). doi: 10.1145/3502717.3532154

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