Strategic Design of Multiple-Choice Questions for Deeper Learning
Part of ASCD Annual ConferencePresented by Cathleen Lacey
Wednesday 1 July 2026·8:30 am
Discover how multiple-choice questions can be enhanced to reveal misconceptions, strengthen retrieval, and spark deeper thinking. This demonstration-style poster highlights strategies for crafting effective distractors, balancing difficulty, and designing confidence checks. Leave with practical tools and examples to make questioning a powerful driver of student learning.
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