Developing Distractors for Mathematics Multiple Choice Items: A Literature Review

Introduction: This article aimed at digging deep into distractors used for mathematics multiple-choice items. The quality of distractors may be more important than their number and the stem in a multiple-choice question. Little attention is given to this aspect of item writing especially, mathematic...

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Main Author: Arhin Ato Kwamina (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Sciendo, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Introduction: This article aimed at digging deep into distractors used for mathematics multiple-choice items. The quality of distractors may be more important than their number and the stem in a multiple-choice question. Little attention is given to this aspect of item writing especially, mathematics multiple-choice questions. This article provides an engaging but succinct literature review on the development of plausible distractors for mathematics multiple choice items.
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10.2478/atd-2024-0022