Open AccessWriting multiple-choice questions to access the higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy
Author(s) -
Chris J. Adams
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new directions in the teaching of physical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2051-3615
pISSN - 1740-9888
DOI - 10.29311/ndtps.v0i16.3852
Subject(s) - taxonomy (biology) , computer science , upload , subject (documents) , multiple choice , mathematics education , constructive , bloom's taxonomy , process (computing) , psychology , world wide web , linguistics , ecology , biology , programming language , philosophy , cognition , reading (process) , neuroscience
I report the implementation of an activity in which students are asked to write multiple-choice questions (MCQs) on the subject of ‘orbitals’ in order to consolidate their learning on the subject. This was facilitated using the online system PeerWise, which allows students to upload MCQs that they have written and to then answer those authored by their peers. The process of writing questions accesses the upper levels of Bloom’s taxonomy, and the discussions incorporated within the activity allow for socially constructed learning as part of the pedagogy of constructive evaluation.