SUNY Textbook Templates
Choice-Specific Feedback Quiz
Use cases
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Formative assessment to support learning
Clarify misconceptions
Short checkpoints within chapters at the topic or objective level
(approximately 2-4 questions)
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Textbook
Implementation
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Author identifies a location in the manuscript.
For each question, the author provides:
 Question
 2-3 Distractors (Distractors are incorrect answers.)
 ONE correct answer.
 Highlight the correct the answer with an “*”.
 Feedback for each choice item, including the answer
 Focus the content that you want to assess.
Example
(1) Which of the following is a herding dog?
a. Pony. [The question asked for a herding dog, but a pony is not a
dog]
b. Golden Retriever. [Golden Retrievers are working dogs, but they do
not herd, the retrieve.]
c. *Collie. [That’s right! Collies herd sheep and cows.]
Bad Example
Multiple correct answers do not work for choice-specific feedback.
(1) Which of these are herding dogs?
a. *Corgi. [Right! Corgis are small, but they were bread to herd
animals.]
b. *Collie. [That’s right! Collies herd sheep and cows.]
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SUNY Textbook Templates
Choice-Specific Feedback Quiz
c. Golden Retriever. [Golden Retrievers are working dogs, but they do
not herd, the retrieve.]
Bad Example
This will not work because matching questions are really several multiple-choice
questions of the same type. Reformat questions like to make multiple-choice
questions.
(2) Match each dog to the correct group.
a. Herding
b. Hunting
c. Guard Dog
___ Corgi
___ Collie
___ Beagle
___German Shepherd
Template
Use the template format to create questions. Replace the text with your
questions. Make sure “Choice A” is always the answer. They will be mixed up
when entered into the book.
(1) This is the question.
a. *Choice. [Correct Feedback]
b. Choice. [Feedback]
c. Choice. [Feedback]
(2) This is the question.
a. *Choice. [Correct Feedback]
b. Choice. [Feedback]
c. Choice. [Feedback]
SUNY Textbook Templates
Choice-Specific Feedback Quiz
Note: You can make any question a “simple feedback question” by providing
generic correct and incorrect answers. The feedback could be as simple as “Try
again” and “Good work” or it could be aligned to the question.