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Multiple choice

A multiple-choice quiz asks a few questions, each with options where every wrong answer is a common mistake, so a wrong choice shows what a pupil thinks.

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How to run it

  1. Pupils answer on their own, on paper or mini whiteboards.
  2. Look at the spread of answers before revealing the right one.
  3. Reteach whatever the most common wrong answer shows.

Why it works

Answering from memory strengthens learning, and good wrong options tell the teacher who holds which mistake.

Strong evidenceAdesope, Trevisan and Sundararajan, 2017A meta-analysis of practice testing

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Maths: which is the right method?Science: which explains the result?
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