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van den Broek, Gesa S. E.; Gerritsen, Suzanne L.; Oomen, Iris T. J.; Velthoven, Eva; van Boxtel, Femke H. J.; Kester, Liesbeth; van Gog, Tamara – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are popular in vocabulary software because they can be scored automatically and are compatible with many input devices (e.g., touchscreens). Answering MCQs is beneficial for learning, especially when learners retrieve knowledge from memory to evaluate plausible answer alternatives. However, such retrieval may not…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Vocabulary Development, Test Format, Cues
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Lindner, Marlit A.; Schult, Johannes; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
This classroom experiment investigates the effects of adding representational pictures to multiple-choice and constructed-response test items to understand the role of the response format for the multimedia effect in testing. Participants were 575 fifth- and sixth-graders who answered 28 science test items--seven items in each of four experimental…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6, Multimedia Materials