Why no Multiple Choice??

[jcalarco5]

Arent these tests multiple choice....yet when I study from the flashcards I cant find any MC questions. Any Help?

[PonyGirl93]

Hmmm, although I don't use IC, I would imagine they make their cards non-multiple choice so that you really learn the material. They aren't meant to be practice tests. Multiple choice can be pretty easy to fudge your way thru & still get a much larger proportion right than you actually know.

[Lindagerr]

:iagree: there are plenty of practice test out there for most subjects. The IC flashcards make you understand the subject better so you can answer a multiple choice that is not exact.

[Kelsey]

You will most likely not find multiple choice questions using Instantcert. There are some subjects where they offer some multiple choice questions (math and english). Like it's already been said, this makes sure that you really know the material and not just make a lucky guess at it. The free Peterson's practice tests are in multiple choice format and really help you get the feel of how the real test is going to be!

[SandraNC]

Last year, I visited a site that demonstrated how fill in the blank is more effective for learning. The amount of work your brain has to do is related to how well you retain the information.

Basically it was a "memory" game where they flashed a bunch of cards in front of you and you had to see how many you could remember. On some of the cards, you had to think of a letter or two to complete the word. For example a picture of a book with _ook under it. So you'd think "b, book."

Lo and behold, any of the cards that required a little more effort, like completing the word, were the easiest to remember. The pictures and words that flashed as a completed unit were more difficult to recall.

There's a method to the madness of instantcert! I tell my boys, typing is not necessary if they want to simply say the answer out loud, that's fine.

Be sure to study the answers always - even on the ones you get right.

[jcalarco5]

Thanks all. I do realize that the fill ins are a more effective way of learning, but my major gripe has been with spelling errors. If i mis-spell a word now its wrong on the flashcards. I will try the peterson tests though. thanks

[wesshipman]

i usually don't actually fill in the blank, i just marked the once i miss myself as i go through them.

If you spell something wrong or use the wrong tense, you miss it.

[P00057870]

Another alternative -- I choose to copy these into a Word document and save it. I then read it and move the answer into the blank, clean it up, and print it out and have a copy hand to keep reading over. The benefit to this is if you are sitting in a waiting room somewhere, you can use this time for something more worthwhile than just thumbing through a magazine. eeya:

[studyhard]

Thanks all. I do realize that the fill ins are a more effective way of learning, but my major gripe has been with spelling errors. If i mis-spell a word now its wrong on the flashcards. I will try the peterson tests though. thanks

Yeah, but the point is not necessarily to "keep score" of your answers, it's to review the material. The spelling issue used to just FRY my sister but I always figured, hey, the point is that I cover all the sections 3-5 times. Sometimes I would just keep a piece of paper handy and make a mark for a question that I got right but misspelled. Then at the end I could add those back in to the tally to see how many I really got right.

[Ruddigore]

I conquer the spelling issue with alt/left (a.k.a. the back button). "I knew that!" *Hits the back button* "Moving on..." It's great for the old self esteem if nothing else.