Alternative response questions are a special form of multiple choice question, where are the learner has to choose between just two items. This does give the learner a 50% chance of guessing the correct answer, and so their learning value as single questions is limited. There are instances where they are valid, such as where are there really are only two possibilities, such as in or out, or up or down.
Another form of alternative response question is the true/ false or yes/no type. You present the learner with a statement that they must judge to be true or false. These still suffer from the 50% chance problem, so you need to design the question carefully so that they do actually help learning.
Present a set of statements
Give the learner a series of statements related to the
same subject. This reduces the chance of them appearing to understand the
subject by guessing all correctly.
Here is an example of one way to present an alternative response question:
