Using ChatGPT for Creating Multiple- and Single-Choice Exam Questions
I believe this website provides a clear, easy-to-follow overview for how ChatGPT can help instructors write more effective multiple-choice items.
Large language models such as ChatGPT have received much attention in recent months. There has been a lot of praise, but also criticism. One of the issues raised was that ChatGPT makes up answers to questions, and does so in a way that the answers appear plausible to readers not familiar with the subject. This might be harmful behavior in many instances, especially in academic settings, but there might also be an application: Creating multiple-choice and single-choice questions for exams.
Multiple-choice and single-choice questions are commonly used in assessments, exams, and surveys. They are popular because they can be quickly and efficiently graded by computers or instructors for many test-takers. However, creating high-quality questions in multiple-choice or single-choice format is challenging and time-consuming for various reasons:
Questions must be unambiguous, and the false answers must be plausible enough to make the question challenging.
Test-takers should have to distinguish right from wrong answers based on the substantive content of the answers, and not from the way how answers are formulated.
Questions need to be updated regularly (e.g., every semester) if test-takers can collect and distribute them to future test-takers.