Early in my 36-year career teaching secondary physics, I learned that I needed to be cautious when writing assessment questions. I wanted to be sure that questions I wrote were not confusing. I had the good fortune to help some of the best students a teacher could encounter learn physics. If a question I wrote on a test was confusing or had an error, one of them would always let me know. The Figuring Physics illustration1 in the October 2023 issue of TPT made me remember that.

In that illustration, information about “Freddy Flyweight” is presented, followed by statements in multiple-choice format about what is represented in the information and drawing. Choice G says, “All of the above.” The problem I perceive is that choices A through F (including choice D, “None of the above”) are all above choice G. The result I see is that there is not...

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