Foundation Skills/Developing an assessment/Overview of question types
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Basics of assessment - principles and tools | |
Developing an assessment | Objectives | Overview of question types | Bloom's taxonomy | Designing an assessment | Communicating expectations to students | Using marking schedules and rubrics | e-Activity | Summary |
Overview of question types
The questions used in assessment tasks fall into two broad categories:
For suggestions on when to use these two types of questions, see the University of Texas Austin resource Deciding which exam question type to use. Questions can come in a variety of types, depending on what learning the examiner wants students to demonstrate. You will be familiar with the following commonly-used question types: multiple choice, true/false, matching, short answer, essay, computational, and oral. Waterloo University has a great resource Exam Questions: Types, Characteristics, and Suggestions which provides an overview of the main question types.
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