The verity of formative MCQs assessment in core criminal law courses within a law program

Barnett, Eola and McNamara, Noeleen (2011) The verity of formative MCQs assessment in core criminal law courses within a law program. In: Building Business Communities: Justice, Performance and Change Creating a Sustainable Scholarly Community Colloquia, 9 Nov 2011, Brisbane, Australia.

Abstract

This paper reports on one aspect of an investigation undertaken by the authors on the verity of multiple choice questions (MCQs) as a teaching and learning and assessment tool in law courses within a law program: the use of MCQs for formative assessment. The other aspect of the investigation regarding their use for summative assessment is the subject of another paper.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	USQ conference - Paper 2. Authors retain copyright.
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Business and Law - School of Law (1 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2013)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Business and Law - School of Law (1 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2013)
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2012 23:21
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2017 03:38
Uncontrolled Keywords:	examination questions; multiple choice; law students
Fields of Research (2008):	17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1702 Cognitive Sciences > 170202 Decision Making 13 Education > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation
Fields of Research (2020):	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology > 520402 Decision making 39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390102 Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development 39 EDUCATION > 3904 Specialist studies in education > 390402 Education assessment and evaluation
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9303 Curriculum > 930301 Assessment and Evaluation of Curriculum
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/20098

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