Wireless Keypads - A New Classroom Technology Using Enhanced Multiple-Choice Questions

TL;DR

This paper introduces an enhanced multiple-choice question format compatible with wireless keypads, allowing more answers and partial credit, thereby improving classroom assessment methods.

Contribution

It proposes a novel MC question format with up to ten answers and partial credit, tailored for wireless keypad integration in classrooms.

Findings

Enhanced MC questions enable more flexible student responses.

Wireless keypads facilitate real-time formative and summative assessments.

Classroom applications demonstrate improved engagement and evaluation.

Abstract

This article discusses the advantages of using wireless keypads in the Lecture/classroom. This new technology requires multiple-choice (MC) questions to mate with the keypad entry features of these devices. The format of the traditional MC response is constrained to five choices and only one best response is allowed. For this reason, we propose enhancements to the traditional MC question. This enhanced MC question allows as many as ten answers. The answers can vary in their degree of correctness and can be assigned partial credit. By combining wireless keypads and multiple-choice questions, we can readily perform both formative and summative assessments of student learning. Examples and classroom applications are presented.