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| Smith, Theodore R., Ed. | 1 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
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Campanile, Patricia – Instructor, 1981
A teacher explains the procedures she uses to prepare her fifth and sixth graders for taking multiple-choice standardized tests. (SJL)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Intermediate Grades, Multiple Choice Tests, Standardized Tests
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Contends that measurement-driven instruction (MDI) has numerous interrelated and pernicious effects on curriculum, instruction, and learning. Shows that MDI fragments, narrows, deflects, and trivializes the learning experience and furthers the teacher-dominated classroom. Successful response to a set of questions does not equal understanding.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Measurement, Multiple Choice Tests
Popham, W. James – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Counters Gerald Bracey's rejection of measurement-driven instruction (MDI), especially the latter's "cursed trinity": fragmentation, deflection, and trivialization. Points to eminently successful modes of MDI and urges educators to emulate them. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Measurement, Multiple Choice Tests
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Offers the final word on the measurement-driven instruction (MDI) debate in this "Kappan" issue. Claims that Popham's article is internally inconsistent and provides no examples of well-constructed, instructionally illuminative tests. Also lacking are teacher testimonials and evidence that MDI programs are cost-effective or oriented…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Measurement, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedKarras, Ray – Social Science Record, 1985
Multiple-choice tests are here to stay. They should do more than test for rote memory. They should simultaneously test for both knowledge of subject matter and for thinking skills applied to that subject matter. Suggestions to help teachers prepare better test questions are made. (RM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Choice Tests
Koenigs, Sharon – 1987
This handbook provides guidelines for teaching test-taking skills to students of all grade levels to help the students raise their standardized test scores. Topics covered include: understanding instructions and following directions, efficient use of time, intelligent guessing, and application of special strategies for multiple-choice and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Guessing (Tests), Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1983
Offers suggestions for (1) using microcomputer programs for reading and spelling instruction, (2) helping students analyze multiple-choice tests, and (3) motivating reluctant readers through sports. (AEA)
Descriptors: Athletics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Higher Education
Download full textPandey, Tej; Smith, Theodore R., Ed. – 1991
The California Assessment Program (CAP) administers tests to all public school students at certain grade levels, compiles the results, and provides information that allows educators to judge the effectiveness of their programs and make improvements. This sampler describes the types of assessment that CAP proposes to respond to the needed changes…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
