Make it Click | iReady & Multiple Choice Tips
Fun Fact: You have a 25% Chance of Getting a Multiple Choice Question Correct. Learn some great tips on how to increase those chances and make testing 'click.'
In junior high, I had the fortune of taking a course simply on learning best practices for testing and important critical thinking skills. That knowledge served me well through many tests later on and even into college. One of those skills was how to take a multiple choice test. The beauty of probability and statistical chance for success based on the knowledge was mind boggling. It was like learning the equivalent of card counting and hitting Vegas. My test scores changed overnight and I was actually absorbing the information being provided. The crucial lesson, however, was simply to pay attention. In this distracting world we live in, it's easy to get lost. Once you free your mind about the stress of getting an answer correct, you can rest knowing you're making the best efforts to learn.
Multiple Choice Steps
1. Read the text. Look for signal words. What is the information is the question giving?
2. Read the question carefully. This can be tricky. Sometimes two problems must be solved to answer the question correctly. Take you time and read the question.
3. Notice signal words. There are always clues to the answer in the question. Look for signal words to help you solve the query.
4. Read the options /answers. The answers are there to do one of two things, answer or distract, remove the distractions or repetitive answers.
5. Cross out or eliminate silly or incorrect answers. Hopefully it's obvious which answers don't belong. But read them again and check words that seem off or not related to the question.
6. Go to the text and notice the info to support your answer. Signal words help, nouns, verbs, places, things, etc. All clues to help you solve the riddle.
7. Review the entire question again. Make sure you understand what is being asked.
8. Select your answer. Commit to click but not yet!
9. Double check your work before clicking 'Done' or submitting your answer. Reread everything and see if it makes sense. Take a deep breath and know you're making your best effort to answer correctly.
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