@inproceedings{10ce809e0d5f4c839be9f4024a75f3e9,
title = "Can multiple-choice questions simulate free-response questions?",
abstract = "We discuss a study to evaluate the extent to which free-response questions could be approximated by multiple-choice equivalents. Two carefully designed research-based multiple-choice questions were transformed into a free-response format and administered on the final exam in a calculus-based introductory physics course. The original multiple-choice questions were administered in another similar introductory physics course on final exam. Findings suggest that carefully designed multiple-choice questions can reflect the relative performance of the free-response questions while maintaining the benefits of ease of grading and quantitative analysis, especially if the different choices in the multiple-choice questions are weighted to reflect the different levels of understanding that students display.",
author = "Lin, {Shih Yin} and Chandralekha Singh",
year = "2012",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1063/1.3679990",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735409903",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "47--50",
booktitle = "2011 Physics Education Research Conference",
note = "2011 Physics Education Research Conference ; Conference date: 03-08-2011 Through 04-08-2011",
}