SJT, MCQ, ETC… The worrying conflation of format and content

Jacob Pearce; Brad Jackel

doi:10.1111/medu.13644

SJT, MCQ, ETC… The worrying conflation of format and content

Jacob Pearce, Brad Jackel

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

<div class="line" id="line-22"> At a recent conference on student selection in the health professions, it became obvious that researchers and practitioners continue to routinely conflate the format and content of assessments. What do multiple&hyphen;choice questions (MCQs), single best answers questions (SBAQs), extended matching questions (EMQs), very short answer questions (VSAQs), objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) and multiple mini&hyphen;interviews (MMIs) all have in common? They all refer to format rather than content: an MCQ that assesses basic knowledge recall is qualitatively different from an MCQ that assesses reasoning.</div>

Original language	English
Journal	Medical Education
Volume	52
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13644
Publication status	Published - Sept 2018

Keywords

Academic achievement
Medical education
Psychological tests
Emotional intelligence
School entrance requirements

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
Medical Education

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