Performance of High School Students in Multiple-Choice Questions in English

Abstract

This research examined high school students’ performance in English language multiple-choice questions and the differences in performance between Grade 12 students and other students who have not yet reached Grade 12. A dataset of 301 students, collected from different international high schools, was used as a sample. The results showed that female students outperformed male students in questions related to evidence search skills, but the difference was not significant. Also, Grade 12 outperformed pre-Grade 12 students in most of the language skills, except the contextual usage language skills. Therefore, more effort needs to be dedicated to urging pre-Grade 12 students to start preparing themselves for English language multiple-choice questions.