Terrible Sample

(a) don't mix dates and names


• not plausible -- becomes one choice out of 2 or 3 dates or names
  
  (b)-don't mix names of communist revolutionaries with names of Canadian Prime Ministers
  
  
• wrong learning ..associates things which are not associated

• context for students -- dates = terms of office, historical epochs, etc.
  
  
• check for yourself to make sure have homogeneous list

• easier to mark if on edge of page & you can line up
  
  
• consistent with true/false & multiple-choice

• students read longer one, then searches quickly through shorter group for match

• speeds reading, especially with longer lists

• so when come to last choice still have four left to choose from
  
  
  (-same as multiple-choice odds)
  
  
  
• generally have 6 and 10
  
  
• more than 6 hard to think of and remain plausible
  
  
• more than 6 and 10 hard for student to sort through
  
  
• fewer, guessing becomes problem, and might as well go mc
  
  

OR:

6a. Alternatively, set it up so they can use particular option more than once

• whether can use option more than once
  
  
• how to answer
  
  
• whether draw lines to connect (hard to erase if screw up)
  
  
• number in front of column a; or in front of b
  (usually easier to mark if on outer edge of page)

• students go nuts flipping pages

• present new data and ask what it illustrates
  
  OVERHEAD #2 PSYCHOLOGY (Man washes hands)
  
  OVERHEADS #3 MAP & Questions --(MAP OF SERENDIP FROM MC again & separate sheet of questions)