Table 2 MCQ Items correctness and certainty responses, students meeting knowledge standard and self-monitoring
From: Defining and tracking medical student self-monitoring using multiple-choice question item certainty
Class Y2–Y3 2015 N = 74,628 2016 N = 74,652 | Class Y3–Y4 2015 N = 70,000 2016 N = 70,463 | Class Y4–Y5 2015 N = 73,548 2016 N = 73,582 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Certainty 2015 | |||
No | 36.4% (27200) | 39.7% (27818) | 17.8% (13077) |
Low | 40.8% (30419) | 21.2% (14830) | 37.6% (27660) |
Moderate | 14.2% (10600) | 13.5% (9437) | 26.6% (19530) |
High | 8.6% (6409) | 18.1% (13281) | |
Certainty 2016 | |||
No | 34.7% (25939) | 27.4% (19293) | 14.1% (10342) |
Low | 35.2% (26258) | 34.3% (24142) | 34.3% (25218) |
Moderate | 17.1% (12787) | 22.1% (15604) | 27.8% (20483) |
High | 13.0% (9668) | 16.2% (11424) | 23.8% (17539) |
Correct answers 2015 | 37.5% (27998) | 46.2% (32321) | 55.5% (40826) |
By certainty | |||
No | 27.0% (7345) | 33.4% (5984) | 37.1% (4853) |
Low | 30.8% (9382) | 35.2% (9779) | 42.4% (11720) |
Moderate | 58.7% (6227) | 60.0% (8899) | 65.6% (12814) |
High | 78.7% (5044) | 81.2% (7659) | 86.1% (11439) |
Correct answers 2016 | 42.2% (31468) | 51.8% (36501) | 61.1% (44985) |
By certainty | |||
No | 28.4% (7354) | 39.1% (7534) | 40.1% (4150) |
Low | 33.1% (8688) | 40.2% (9695) | 45.0% (11341) |
Moderate | 58.6% (7497) | 62.3% (9724) | 68.7% (14063) |
High | 82.0% (7929) | 83.6% (9548) | 88.0% (15431) |
Above the standard | N = 252 | N = 237 | N = 248 |
2015 May | 78.2% (197) | 92.0% (218) | 94.8% (235) |
2015 September | 75.8% (191) | 86.9% (206) | 95.2% (236) |
2016 May | 71.0% (179) | 91.6% (217) | 96.0% (238) |
2016 September | 83.3% (210) | 91.1% (216) | 97.6% (242) |
Self-monitoring | N = 252 | N = 237 | N = 248 |
2015 May | 87.7% (221) | 82.3% (195) | 93.1% (231) |
2015 September | 83.7% (211) | 85.2% (202) | 91.5% (227) |
2016 May | 86.1% (217) | 81.0% (192) | 88.7% (220) |
2016 September | 86.1% (217) | 85.7% (203) | 95.6% (237) |