Question

How could a multiple choice question determine whether students are clear about the differences or similarities between replication and transcription?

Write a multiple choice question that gets at similarities or differences between DNA replication and transcription. In your responses to other students questions you could choose to make it more straightforward, or suggest a way to make it more challenging, or perhaps you could show how a small wording change would lead to a different answer.

How could a multiple choice question determine whether students are clear about the differences or similarities between replication and transcription? Write a multiple choice question that gets at similarities or differences between DNA replication and transcription. In your responses to other students questions you could choose to make it more straightforward, or suggest a way to make it more challenging, or perhaps you could show how a small wording change would lead to a different answer.

Answer 1

In this case, we can propose a question were the student determines the components of one process (replication or transcription) in a list of components where there are components of both processes. For example: Select ONLY the components that participates in the process of transcription: • DNA formation • DNA polymerase • RNA polymerase • Both polymerases • Deoxyribonucleotides • Ribonucleotides • Topoisomerase • DNA ligase • DNA primase • Transcriptase • Double strand template • One antisense DNA template Primers From this list, the student must choose only the components of transcription. The correct answers would be • RNA polymerase • Ribonucleotides • Transcriptase • One antisense DNA template Also, we can make the opposite question "Select ONLY the components that participates in the process of replication”