Multiple-choice tests without the guesswork: Martin Bush at TEDxLondonSouthBankU

so basically he went through this entire process to find another way to do a test to have the same results we already have? what was the point of that?

shame schools nolonger rank puples based on intelegcence but obedence and who they would vote for.

I prefer multiple choice myself.

On what basis are the score vs knowledge profiles made?

They are covering 25 subjects millions of information and they just ask us some of them this test their knowledge i don't think so........

1) This is interesting
2) This guy's voice is extremely soothing
3) Disregard the moronic children in the comments who were looking for a way to hack their way around a test instead of just learning the material

You cannot mark 6 legs" as a wrong answer. It is a fact that all spiders have 6 legs. In fact, the arachnid characteristics is 8 legs, but that means they do have 6 legs.

The question does not say only 6 legs...

What a quiet public speaker. All I heard was mumbling

sorry but multiple choice tests are there to confuse you and not test your knowledge.

give negative points for wrong answer... 3/4 x -0,5 and or 1/4 +1

Don't waste your time If you want to improve your test taking skills. This video is for remaking tests for students to score higher.

I couldn't hear him properly. Sometimes his voice drifts away. I don't want to keep turning my headphones up

Multiple choice is only good for professors, making it easy to correct. Bad for students.

I thought this will help us score more!

He lost me in the first 3 min

Wow, 14 minutes if nothing

Not helpful. I was looking for a tip....

Heisenberg.

Superb technique sir... Very useful video

This is not helpful for taking tests, only helpful for the redisgning tests.

Sounds a great test taking system, but frankly speaking,  I  do not like multiple choice questions as a formative assessment tool although any test has pros and cons. Especially, in a  university setting, multiple choice questions always sound odd to me.

What about subset marking (3, -1, -1, -1) but recording any negative mark as 0. That is selects 2 wrong answers they get 0 not -2. These would skew the partial marks upwards and would be well received by students? I wonder if this have been modelled, used, and/or published?

I think multiple choice question are wrong by nature. The text gives you the answer in front of your eyes and you just have to recognize it, but not thinking an your own. Thinking is the key of learning not recognize pre-made answers

so if in doubt pick C

walter white !! is that you?

Great test taking system, although, the only problem is that next to no teachers are going to use it because they fell hopelessly in love with the traditional exam.

Professor-X can walk

i think negative marking must not be included i this perspective that somehow lead to unjust so better to move to positivity that can be a better choice for test aims.

well thought

This is very helpful, at least it gives you another chance to get your
answer in multiple choice question right, better than traditional
multiple choice question which one-way answer.

Where can you find that software/program that Martin is talking about at the end? I'd like to try that out. Please let me know what its called exactly and where to find it. Thanks.

This is not helpful.