Knowledge of dental faculty in gulf cooperation council states of multiple-choice questions’ item writing flaws
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15328331 |
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| Authors | Mawlood Kowash (0000-0002-4721-3789, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, corresponding author), Hazza A Alhobeira (University of Ha'il), Hazza Alhobeira (Restorative Dentistry Department, Hail University, Hail, Saudi Arabia), Iyad Hussein (0000-0002-7682-5573, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences), Manal Al Halabi (0000-0001-9482-4614, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences), Saif Khan (0000-0002-4770-7666, Basic Dental and Medical Sciences Department, Hail University, Hail, Saudi Arabia) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1812224-1812224 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Education Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-2981 • E-ISSN: 1087-2981 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10872981.2020.1812224 |
| PMID | 32835640 |
| OpenAlex | W3081342630 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Multiple-Choice Questions provide an objective cost/time effective assessment. Deviation from appropriate question writing structural guidelines will most probably result in commonly ignored multiple-choice questions writing flaws, influencing the ability of the assessment to measure students' cognitive levels thereby seriously affecting students' academic performance outcome measures. To gauge the knowledge of multiple-choice question items writing flaws in dental faculty working at colleges in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. A cross-sectional short online Survey Monkey TM multiple-choice questions-based questionnaire was disseminated to dental faculty working in GCC countries during the academic year 2018/2019. The questionnaire included five test incorrect (flawed) multiple-choice questions and one correct control question. The participants were asked to identify flawed multiple-choice question items from the known 14 items writing flaws. Out of a total of 460 faculty, 216 respondents completed the questionnaires, 132 (61.1%) were from Saudi Arabia, while numbers of participants from United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman were 59 (27.3), 14 (6.5%) and 11 (5.1%) respectively. Majority of participants were male (n = 141, 65.9%) compared to 73 females (34.1%). Eighty percent of the participants possessed more than five years of teaching experience. Assistant professors constituted the majority (43.3%) of the academic positions participating in this study. The overall fail rate ranged from 76.3% to 98.1% and almost 2/3 rds of the participants were unable to identify one or more of the flawed item(s). No significant association was observed between the demographics (age, region, academic position and specialty) and knowledge except that of participant's gender (p < 0.009). GCC dental faculty demonstrated below average knowledge of multiple-choice question items writing flaws. Training and workshops are needed to ensure substantial exposure to proper multiple-choice question items construction standards
Demographics · Dental education · Family medicine · Medical education · Multiple choice · Significant difference · Sociology · Test (biology · Demography · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Medicine · Psychology · Student Assessment and Feedback
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