[This is a guest post by Derek Bruff, an assistant director of the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University, where he is also a senior lecturer in Mathematics. His book, Teaching with Classroom ...
Ideally, multiple-choice exams would be random, without patterns of right or wrong answers. However, all tests are written by humans, and human nature makes it impossible for any test to be truly ...
Like many professors, I tend to disparage multiple-choice tests. They measure a narrow test-taking skill that has little to do with “real life.” They’re about memorizing facts rather than dealing with ...
A Florida State University professor has found a way to detect whether generative artificial intelligence was used to cheat on multiple-choice exams, opening up a new avenue for faculty who have long ...