MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS - A GOOD CHOICE?

Multiple-choice questions, we have all seen them, answered them, scored them on quizzes. What GCSE students may not know is that there are many good reasons to use multiple-choice questions as part of your revision. These are more than just exam questions to be mastered; they should also be a crucial part of your revision planning.


Why is this? How can you use them to your advantage? We will explain below:


1. Cover a lot of ground quickly

The way the questions are constructed allows for you to complete many of them in a short period. Thus you can cover many aspects of your subject more efficiently. As you do so, you start to gain a fuller and more rounded view of that topic, rather than spending much time memorizing notes on one particular area.


2. Sharpen your mind and critical skills

A multiple-choice question demands that you evaluate the options before you narrow in on the right choice. That will require you to work to eliminate wrong answers and employ the full array of critical capacity at your disposal to be confident and sure. Honing these skills will have applications across all your GCSE exams, so as you study one subject, you prepare your brain for others. You can also practice different information simultaneously as you explain away each wrong choice.


3. Easy to check

Since you have so many subjects to cover, finding a method by which you can quickly check and evaluate is a great way to streamline your time management. Multiple-choice questions are easy for you to check, thus saving you precious time!


4. Additional challenge of explaining why you were wrong

When you get a question wrong, you can challenge yourself further by delving back into the explanations and discovering where you made a mistake with pinpoint accuracy. It might be a particular word in the question you misunderstood or a factoid you misremembered. As you explain your mistakes, so too do you expand your knowledge and fortify your mind.


So, you see, multiple-choice questions are a great tool in your revision arsenal. We strongly suggest you make them a part of your schedule so you can take full advantage of their many benefits.