Just read in The New Paper that a study done by a professor in National Institute of Education says that multilpe choice questions actually discourage creativity and critical thinking, and may penalise children who think more deeply. This is because childre, especially those who think deeply, may see alternatives to the question that the teacher has not seen, and have no choice but to pick an answer the teacher has selected for him to choose.

Uhh.. ok... tell that to the poor kid who just burned his weekend away studying for that specific test.