Strengths and limitations of MCQ
Strengths
1. It offers more flexibility for assessing a diversity of content than can be garnered from other forms of assessment.
2. It allows for a precise interpretation for content validity.
3. Purely objective in scoring and testing.
4. Easy to be administered both by students and the teacher.
5. Student success does not depend on his/her writing skills.
6. Results can easily be compiled and analysed to determine:
• patterns of student learning outcomes,
• level of difficulty of questions,
• usefulness of questions,
• follow-up action required.
7. Can be used with all subject areas.
Limitations
1. It inhibits students from expressing creativity or demonstrating original and imaginative thinking.
2. Question design is restrictive, forcing students to fit their understanding into the designer’s way of understanding a concept.
3. Success of question depends on suitability of distracters.
4. Longer reading time required and students with poor reading skills may be disadvantaged, especially under time limit.
5. Some students may guess at answers without understanding them.
6. Time consuming to design good questions. It is very easy to construct poor questions, bad questions may be much worse than other methods of assessing the same learning outcome.
Strengths and limitations of MCQStrengths1. It offers more flexibility for assessing a diversity of content than can be garnered from other forms of assessment.2. It allows for a precise interpretation for content validity.3. Purely objective in scoring and testing.4. Easy to be administered both by students and the teacher.5. Student success does not depend on his/her writing skills.6. Results can easily be compiled and analysed to determine:• patterns of student learning outcomes,• level of difficulty of questions,• usefulness of questions,• follow-up action required.7. Can be used with all subject areas.Limitations1. It inhibits students from expressing creativity or demonstrating original and imaginative thinking.2. Question design is restrictive, forcing students to fit their understanding into the designer’s way of understanding a concept.3. Success of question depends on suitability of distracters.4. Longer reading time required and students with poor reading skills may be disadvantaged, especially under time limit.5. Some students may guess at answers without understanding them.6. Time consuming to design good questions. It is very easy to construct poor questions, bad questions may be much worse than other methods of assessing the same learning outcome.
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