Development and Assessment of a Multiple-Choice Quiz for a Bending Stress Quiz

A structured process is presented for developing or revising a multiple-choice quiz.A multiplechoice checklist form was created based on the best practices found in educational measurement books.The multiple-choice checklist form serves as a guide for an instructor to revise an old quiz or develop a new quiz.The effectiveness of the multiple-choice quiz checklist form is determined based on an assessment and evaluation process.This paper considers the development a 'new' quiz for bending stress in a sophomore level fundamentals of mechanics course.Four instructors used the multiple-choice checklist form to develop a new quiz and five instructors developed a new multiple-choice quiz without the checklist form.Independent reviewers are used to carry out a quantitative evaluation of the new quizzes developed with and without the multiple-choice checklist form.The assessment form is based on the multiple-choice checklist form.The results of the assessment process show that the proposed multiple-choice quiz checklist form is a valuable tool for instructors to develop more effective quizzes.