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Scenario-Based Question Writing

Author MCQs that test judgment and application, with item-analysis basics.

  • 7 hours
  • 5 modules · 14 lessons
  • Assessment Author Credential
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Samuel Okafor

Assessment Specialist

₹450+ 18% GST · ₹531 total

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About this course

Write questions that test judgement and application, not memory, and use data to improve them over time.

Indian board exams now give a large share of marks to competency-based questions: case-based, source-based, data-based and assertion–reason items. This course teaches you to write them well: realistic stems, distractors built from real misconceptions, items that reach higher-order thinking, and fair language for every learner. You’ll then learn item analysis (difficulty, discrimination and distractor analysis) and how to build a balanced test with a blueprint.

You’ll finish with a reviewed, field-tested set of items for your own subject.

What you’ll learn

  • Explain how competency-based items differ from recall items
  • Write realistic scenario, case-based and source-based stems
  • Write assertion–reason and data-interpretation items correctly
  • Build distractors from genuine student misconceptions
  • Spot and fix common item-writing flaws
  • Calculate and interpret difficulty and discrimination indices
  • Plan a balanced test with a blueprint

    • Curriculum

    14 lessons · 350 min

    1Why application matters2 lessons · 40 min
    1. Recall vs application20 min
    2. Bloom’s levels in question writing20 min
    2Writing better items4 lessons · 105 min
    1. Anatomy of a good MCQ20 min
    2. Writing scenario stems30 min
    3. Case-based and source-based item sets30 min
    4. Assertion–reason and data items25 min
    3Distractors and flaws3 lessons · 60 min
    1. Distractors that diagnose25 min
    2. Common item-writing flaws20 min
    3. Fairness, language and accessibility15 min
    4Item analysis3 lessons · 75 min
    1. Difficulty index (p-value)25 min
    2. Discrimination index and distractor analysis30 min
    3. Spreadsheets and AI for item work20 min
    5Building a balanced test2 lessons · 70 min
    1. Test blueprints25 min
    2. Workshop: build and field-test your item set45 min

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    Assessment Author Credential

    Finish every course in this program, then pass a 3-question, 15-minute exam to earn a QR-verified certificate.