3. Ralph Nader The bar exam is multiple choice, as you know, and I don’t know many people who would go to a multiple-choice lawyer… Well, that’s what multiple-choice tests are. They are an insult to the diverse and multiple intelligences that all people have, and all of which are in great demand in our society. The Ralph Nader Reader
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6. Anatomy of a question How many touchdowns did UF score Saturday? A. 3 B. 1
8. Who Wants to be a Millionaire? What is the question’s Stem? Key? Distractors? Where did the contestant go wrong? What advice might you give students?
11. Problems Being excused from the room Answering questions Academic dishonesty Fire alarms
12. References Davis, B. G. (1993). Tools for Teaching San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Haladyna, T. M. (2004). Developing and validating multiple-choice test items. Mahwah, N.J: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. McKeachie, W. J., & Hofer, B. K. (2009). McKeachie's teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers. College teaching series. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. Osterlind, S. J. (1998). Constructing test items: Multiple-choice, constructed-response, performance, and other formats. Evaluation in education and human services. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Ralph Nader reader. (2000). New York: Seven Stories Press.
