Case-based (vignette) MCQs are classified as testing higher-order thinking and discriminate better between low- and high-information students¶

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q2 i? Cited studies classify case-based questions as testing higher-order thinking and problem-solving, and report better discrimination between low- and high-information students than other formats. → J. Leo 2019

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J. Leo 2019¶

J. Leo, G. Kurdi, N. Matentzoglu, B. Parsia, U. Sattler, S. Forge, G. Donato, W. Dowling. (2019). Ontology-Based Generation of Medical, Multi-term MCQs. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-018-00172-w

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Background section claim: the article reports, citing Cunnington et al. 1997, Abdalla et al. 2011 and Schuwirth et al. 2001, that case-based questions test higher-order thinking; it also cites Carroll 1993 and Lu and Lynch 2017 for better discrimination. These are second-hand citations, described as the article attributes them.

"Case-based questions are classified as testing higher order thinking and invoking problem-solving (Cunnington et al.1997; Abdalla et al.2011; Schuwirth et al.2001)."

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