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Can multiple-choice questions simulate free-response questions?
We discuss a study to evaluate the extent to which free-response questions could be approximated by multiple-choice equivalents. Two carefully designed research-based multiple-choice questions were transformed into a free-response format and administered on the final exam in a calculus-based introductory physics course. The original multiple-choice questions were administered in another similar introductory physics course on final exam. Findings suggest that carefully designed multiple-choice questions can reflect the relative performance of the free-response questions while maintaining the benefits of ease of grading and quantitative analysis, especially if the different choices in the multiple-choice questions are weighted to reflect the different levels of understanding that students display.
Physics Education Research Conference 2011
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series Omaha, Nebraska: August 3-4, 2011 Volume 1413, Pages 47-50
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=11809">Lin, Shih-Yin, and Chandralekha Singh. "Can multiple-choice questions simulate free-response questions?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3-4, 2011.</a>
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S. Lin and C. Singh, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11809&DocID=2659).
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S. Lin and C. Singh, Can multiple-choice questions simulate free-response questions?, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11809&DocID=2659>.
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Lin, S., & Singh, C. (2011, August 3-4). Can multiple-choice questions simulate free-response questions?. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11809&DocID=2659
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Lin, Shih-Yin, and Chandralekha Singh. "Can multiple-choice questions simulate free-response questions?." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3-4, 2011. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11809&DocID=2659 (accessed 1 May 2025).
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Lin, Shih-Yin, and Chandralekha Singh. "Can multiple-choice questions simulate free-response questions?." Physics Education Research Conference 2011. Omaha, Nebraska: 2011. 47-50 Vol. 1413 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 1 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11809&DocID=2659>.
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@inproceedings{
Author = "Shih-Yin Lin and Chandralekha Singh",
Title = {Can multiple-choice questions simulate free-response questions?},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2011},
Pages = {47-50},
Address = {Omaha, Nebraska},
Series = {PER Conference Invited Paper},
Volume = {1413},
Month = {August 3-4},
Year = {2011}
}
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