Hello everyone, as long as I began to accompany the forum I observe that the issue always reappears and always the same arguments are placed on the table, in synthesis, that MQCs are ineffective for the study by the ability to “cheat” taking the tip directly from the alternatives . Summarizing the a…

[image] Radorion: I imagine there are uses for them with very close concepts that instead of leaving the question easier, add a new layer of difficulty that improves information retention. Definitely. I like to use MC questions for things I tend to get mixed up and it helps a lot, because I’m…

I don’t really use MCQ format for my own study, but to as to the discussion, I think is useful for discriminating between closely related concepts tay would be a source of interference. Wozniak would probably say it would cause a convergence of the two offending items until the two concepts are almo…

MCQs are a format quite common in standardised tests. So that’s reason enough to believe Anki should have built-in support for them. Not all MCQs can just be easily transformed into other formats. [image] Radorion: I imagine there are uses for them with very close concepts that instead of leavi…

(I just now saw your post but wanted to point out a few important things) [image] Radorion: Several people who do not use Anki studies by doing past multiple choice tests, learning information and subsequently going well in future tests. MCQ is good for tests because it’s easier and faster t…

[image] Anon_0000: (I just now saw your post but wanted to point out a few important things) This is a 4 year old post by the way, so OP might not be active. [image] Anon_0000: This, too, is an issue that doesn’t happen with active recall, and even those MCQ that you mentioned can be eas…

[image] sorata: I just don’t think asking something open-ended like “How water affects photosynthesis?” is more productive than asking the questions I’m more likely to encounter on exams. True. Questions shouldn’t be open ended and should be as specific as possible. Obviously studying with M…

[image] sorata: I just don’t think asking something open-ended like “How water affects photosynthesis?” is more productive than asking the questions I’m more likely to encounter on exams. Just my two cents, but couldn’t you directly say Answer the following question in Assertion and Reason fo…

Yes, you don’t necessarily have to have the options in AR but my point was more about how multiple choice isn’t a bad format per se.

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kleinerpirat August 12, 2021, 6:47pm 3

Definitely. I like to use MC questions for things I tend to get mixed up and it helps a lot, because I’m regularly forced to think about the differences.

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