Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 20, 2026

Novel Object Recognition Test for the Investigation of Learning and Memory in Mice
Published on: August 30, 2017
Mapping session learning objectives to exam questions: How to do it and how to apply the results
Chelsea Jalloh1, Benjamin Collins2,3, Danielle Lafleur1
1Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Abstract:
Background: The undergraduate pre-clerkship Population Health courses for University of Manitoba medical students underwent a mapping exercise to improve alignment between session learning objectives and the multiple choice questions (MCQs) used for learner assessment.Methods: Each learning objective was mapped to all related MCQs in the exam bank. Learning objectives not linked to any specific MCQs were identified. All MCQs in the exam bank were mapped back to the learning objectives and all MCQs not corresponding to a learning objective were identified. In total, 536 MCQ were mapped to 358 learning objectives.Results: Mapping results were shared with course leadership and instructors to affect practical changes in the Population Health courses, such as revisions and improvements to session learning objectives, and targeted development of new MCQs. Following the implementation of changes post-mapping exercise, our findings indicate a significant improvement in student satisfaction with the Population Health courses, although they did not have a discernable impact on exam performance.Conclusions: The mapping exercise required an initial investment of resources, but produced an MCQ database that can be regularly maintained to ensure alignment between learning objectives and assessment, thereby contributing to ongoing curriculum quality and improvement, and improved exam reliability and validity.
Related Concept Videos
Avoidance Learning and Learned Helplessness
Avoidance learning occurs when an organism learns that a specific behavior can prevent an unpleasant outcome. For example, a student who receives a bad grade may start studying harder to avoid future poor grades. This behavior persists even when the negative outcome is no longer present. Avoidance learning is powerful because it maintains behavior in the absence of the...
Potential Due to a Polarized Object
Potential Due to a Magnetized Object
The vector...
Moment of Inertia of Compound Objects
Consider a child of mass (mc) 25 kg standing at a distance (rc) of 1 m from the axis of a rotating...
Learning Disabilities
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a...
Associative Learning
Classical conditioning, also known...

