Essay Versus Multiple-Choice: A Perspective from the Undergraduate Student Point of View with its Implications for Examination

Essay and multiple-choice questions are both used to evaluate the mastery of academic courses. Each has their unique advantages as well as limitations. Multiple-choice tests provide an inexpensive means of evaluating the understanding of facts and concepts across an extensive range of topics whereas...

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Published in:	Gazi tıp dergisi Vol. 27; no. 1
Main Authors:	Gupta,Chandni, Jain,Anuj, D’Souza,Antony Sylvan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Gazi Üniversitesi Yayınları 2016
Subjects:	Sağlık Hizmetleri Tıp Ankara Türkiye multiple choice questions çoktan seçmeli sorular Kompozisyon sınavla Essay questions examinations
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Summary:	Essay and multiple-choice questions are both used to evaluate the mastery of academic courses. Each has their unique advantages as well as limitations. Multiple-choice tests provide an inexpensive means of evaluating the understanding of facts and concepts across an extensive range of topics whereas essay questions evaluate the organizational and productive skills in a more restricted content area. So, the aim of our study is to assess which types of questions are more effective in testing the cognitive skills from the point of view of undergraduate medical students.
ISSN:	2147-2092 2147-2092
DOI:	10.12996/gmj.2016.03