socrative – composing Qs

For those of you getting to grips with Socrative in the classroom as a result of the inset day, here is a guide to composing effective multiple choice questions. Dylan William has also written about the importance of multiple choice questions if constructed in the right way.

Further reading:

http://www.huntingenglish.com/2014/03/14/multiple-choice-questions-use-regularly-b-dont-use/ (this introduced me to the idea of ‘false memory’ – I’ve found that even off the cuff jokes about a silly answer can create these false memories!

https://pragmaticreform.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/afl/

http://improvingteaching.co.uk/2013/08/17/do-they-understand-this-well-enough-to-move-on-introducing-hinge-questions/