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Marina A. Bodon’i
The Kuban State University
Vladimir A. Plaksin
University of Finance under the Government of Russian Federation (Krasnodar branch)
Multiple choice tests as a formative assessment tool
Bodon’i M.A., Plaksin V.A. Multiple choice tests as a formative assessment tool. Vestnik of Kostroma State University. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics, 2020, vol. 26, № 2, pp. 42-46 (In Russ.). DOI 10.34216/2073-1426-2020-26-2-42-46
DOI: 10.34216/2073-1426-2020-26-2-42-46
УДК: 371
Publish date: 2020-02-17
Annotation: The article discusses the problem of using multiple choice tests as a means of formative assessment. As a rule, this type of assessing materials is correlated with summarising assessment; however, as the analysis of theoretical sources has shown, the use of multiple choice tests for training allows us to realise the goals of formative assessment. During the study, the main aspects of the use of multiple choice tests in the course of assessment of learning and in the course of assessment for learning were compared, after which the requirements for multiple choice tests for formative assessment were formulated. The identification of the specific characteristics of the use of multiple choice tests for formative assessment allowed us to specify the methods of using tests at different stages of educational process. Based on the results of the study, recommendations for teachers on the development and use of multiple choice tests for assessment for learning are proposed.
Keywords: formative assessment, assessment for learning, summative assessment, assessment of learning, multiple choice tests, feedback, self-assessment, learning optimisation.
Literature list: Pinskaia M.A. Otsenivanie dlia obucheniia: Prakticheskoe rukovodstvo [Assessment for Learning: A Practical Guide]. M., Chistye prudy Publ., 2009, 32 p. (In Russ.)
Author's info: Marina A. Bodon’i, ORCID 0000-0002-1182-0587, Candidate of Pedagogic Sciences, Associate Professor, the Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia E-mail: m.bodony@mail.ru
Co-author's info: Vladimir A. Plaksin, ORCID 0000-0002-8484-7609, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor, University of Finance under the Government of Russian Federation (Krasnodar branch), Krasnodar, Russia E-mail: vladimirplaxin@rambler.ru