Comments on: What’s Wrong with Multiple-Choice? http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Renae http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Renae Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:19:55 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/#comment-75 Andrea, I like your suggestion. If you treat multiple-choice questions like a game it takes the pressure off and affirms that they aren't an accurate measure of knowledge. It's too bad the computers that grade SAT tests can't evaluate with that understanding. :) You're welcome for the awesomeness words. This is a wonderful place to blog thanks to you. Andrea,
I like your suggestion. If you treat multiple-choice questions like a game it takes the pressure off and affirms that they aren’t an accurate measure of knowledge. It’s too bad the computers that grade SAT tests can’t evaluate with that understanding. :)

You’re welcome for the awesomeness words. This is a wonderful place to blog thanks to you.

]]> By: Renae http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Renae Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:58:45 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/#comment-74 HennyPenny, I have used multiple-choice tests to measure reading comprehension. They helped me evaluate my son's reading ability and my son enjoyed them. I am not "against" multiple-choice. I just favor using other methods to help my children to express what they know. HennyPenny,
I have used multiple-choice tests to measure reading comprehension. They helped me evaluate my son’s reading ability and my son enjoyed them. I am not “against” multiple-choice. I just favor using other methods to help my children to express what they know.

]]> By: Andrea http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Andrea Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:13:27 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/#comment-73 We've always felt that multiple choice questions really were about guessing which answer best fit the questions - in other words, an exercise in logic and reading comprehension. Not ever in testing knowledge of what the questions are about. :D Approaching it that way somehow leads to higher test scores and the kids (and us too) have always approached it as some sort of game. Not that we have to test at all. Thanks for the awesomeness words, it helps on days I don't feel awesome. :D If you need a hand, holler. We’ve always felt that multiple choice questions really were about guessing which answer best fit the questions – in other words, an exercise in logic and reading comprehension. Not ever in testing knowledge of what the questions are about. :D Approaching it that way somehow leads to higher test scores and the kids (and us too) have always approached it as some sort of game. Not that we have to test at all.

Thanks for the awesomeness words, it helps on days I don’t feel awesome. :D If you need a hand, holler.

]]> By: hennypenny http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-72 hennypenny Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:02:25 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/#comment-72 Not against using multiple choice as a method of testing here. It challenges Chicken Little to focus on remembering what she's read, been taught, or had a discussion about. Not against using multiple choice as a method of testing here. It challenges Chicken Little to focus on remembering what she’s read, been taught, or had a discussion about.

]]> By: Renae http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Renae Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:49:26 +0000 http://lifenurturingeducation.com/2007/07/26/whats-wrong-with-multiple-choice/#comment-71 Connie, I don't think multiple-choice questions are bad just ineffective as a measure of understanding. Because home schoolers practice using everything as a lesson, I see how you adapt multiple-choice for your purposes. We agree that it is more important to know what our children are thinking than that their answers match the key. I believe this is best accomplished by favoring discussion and reasoning questions over fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice. Connie,
I don’t think multiple-choice questions are bad just ineffective as a measure of understanding. Because home schoolers practice using everything as a lesson, I see how you adapt multiple-choice for your purposes. We agree that it is more important to know what our children are thinking than that their answers match the key. I believe this is best accomplished by favoring discussion and reasoning questions over fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice.

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