Effectiveness of longitudinal faculty development programs on MCQs items writing skills: A follow-up study

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185895
• Publication Date: 2017-10-10T17:31:31Z
• Authors: Hamza Mohammad Ab...; Mohammad Irshad; Shafiul Haque; Tauseef Ahmad; Kamran Sattar; Mahmoud Salah Khalil
• Keywords: Faculty Development

This study examines the long-term impact of faculty development programs on multiple choice question (MCQ) items' quality leading to its effect students' overall competency level during their yearly academic assessment. A series longitudinal highly constructed workshops were conducted improve MCQs items writing skills. total 2207 by 58 participants for assessment 882 cognitive years 2012-2015. The analyzed difficulty index (P-value), discriminating (DI), presence/absence item flaws (IWFs), and non-functioning distractors (NFDs), Bloom's taxonomy levels, test reliability, rate scoring. Significant improvement in DI noticed each successive year. Easy poor questions, NFDs IWFs decreased significantly, whereas distractor efficiency (DE) mean score high (K2) questions increased substantially Improved MCQs' leaded borderline students. Overall, help improving skills that leads levels.