Content and Engagement:
The station invites brief (5–10 minute) walk-up interactions with quick item ‘makeovers,’ distractor analysis, and confidence-rating prompts. The poster will present key strategies for strategic question design, including balancing difficulty, crafting effective distractors, surfacing misconceptions, and incorporating retrieval practice. Content will be displayed visually with models, examples, and frameworks. Attendees will be encouraged to interact by reviewing sample questions, analyzing distractors, and considering how they might adapt strategies for their own classrooms.
Time:
As a poster session, engagement will be ongoing throughout the 90-minute presentation block. Participants may spend 5–10 minutes at the poster, depending on their level of interest and questions.
Process:
The session is designed for flexible, one-on-one or small group interactions. Participants will engage through guided discussion, sample analysis, and quick formative prompts (e.g., reviewing a question and identifying the misconception behind distractors). Resources and takeaways will be available to ensure participants leave with strategies they can immediately apply.
After this poster session, participants will be able to:
Analyze components of effective multiple-choice questions.
Construct distractors that assess understanding and identify misconceptions.
Apply retrieval-practice principles when writing multiple-choice questions.
1. Haladyna, Downing, & Rodriguez (2002): A review of multiple-choice item-writing guidelines.
2. Roediger & Karpicke (2006): Retrieval practice/testing effect.
3. "Maximizing Multiple-Choice Questions (Flash Webinar 2023)" by Bradley Busch
2. "The Science of Learning" by Paul A. Kirschner (2023)
3. "Teach Like a Champion 3.0" by Doug Lemov (2021)
4. "Teaching & Learning Illuminated: The Big Ideas, Illustrated" by Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, and Ludmila Bogatchek (2023)
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