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  • Cloze question tutorial

    This morning we updated Question Creatr for cloze (gap-fill) questions. In addition to a general tidy-up, you will find the required response is now restricted to 10 characters. That may sound a little mean, but

  • Pair Match analysis tutorial

    Pair Match analysis tutorial

    Pair match questions can be used to test for understanding of sequence and relationship in quite subtle ways, but they serve you poorly if you do not know how to analyse the results. Below is an analysis of a pair match (AKA Drag and Drop) question from the Computing Baseline (High level). This is the author’s…

  • Beginners’ guide to Checkbox questions

    Checkbox questions (aka “choose-n”) are our second most-popular question type. They are simple and versatile, and you can often replace a whole list of choose-1 questions with a simple choose-n. They also contain a few booby-traps for the

  • Beginners’ guide to Cloze questions

    Beginners’ guide to Cloze questions

    Cloze or ‘gap fill’ questions are staple of language teaching, but they have many uses. For example: Vocabulary, especially in MFL Word suffix/prefix, e.g. in grammar or for chemical terms Numerical input Knowledge where correct spelling will be rewarded in an exam Where guessing would be too easy in a multiple choice question Yacapaca’s implementation of…

  • Beginners’ guide to multiple-choice questions

    These are the absolute basic basics of how a “choose-one” type multiple choice question works, for new authors. Here is a typical question: The components are: the STEM (question); typically 4 OPTIONS (aka FOILS), comprising the KEY (the right answer) and 3 DISTRACTORS (the wrong answers). The stem (question). Make sure you