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Multiple True-False Items: A Comparison of Scoring Algorithms
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Lahner, Felicitas-Maria; Lörwald, Andrea Carolin; Bauer, Daniel; Nouns, Zineb Miriam; Krebs, René; Guttormsen, Sissel; Fischer, Martin R.; Huwendiek, Sören – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2018
Multiple true-false (MTF) items are a widely used supplement to the commonly used single-best answer (Type A) multiple choice format. However, an optimal scoring algorithm for MTF items has not yet been established, as existing studies yielded conflicting results. Therefore, this study analyzes two questions: What is the optimal scoring algorithm…
Descriptors: Scoring Formulas, Scoring Rubrics, Objective Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
MBBS Student Perceptions about Physiology Subject Teaching and Objective Structured Practical Examination Based Formative Assessment for Improving Competencies
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Lakshmipathy, K. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2015
The objectives of the present study were to 1) assess student attitudes to physiology, 2) evaluate student opinions about the influence of an objective structured practical examination (OSPE) on competence, and 3) assess the validity and reliability of an indigenously designed feedback questionnaire. A structured questionnaire containing 16 item…
Descriptors: Physiology, Student Attitudes, Formative Evaluation, Undergraduate Students
Group-Specific Effects of Matching Subtest Contamination on the Identification of Differential Item Functioning
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Keiffer, Elizabeth Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A differential item functioning (DIF) simulation study was conducted to explore the type and level of impact that contamination had on type I error and power rates in DIF analyses when the suspect item favored the same or opposite group as the DIF items in the matching subtest. Type I error and power rates were displayed separately for the…
Descriptors: Test Items, Sample Size, Simulation, Identification
Reliability and Levels of Difficulty of Objective Test Items in a Mathematics Achievement Test: A Study of Ten Senior Secondary Schools in Five Local Government Areas of Akure, Ondo State
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Adebule, S. O. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
This study examined the reliability and difficult indices of Multiple Choice (MC) and True or False (TF) types of objective test items in a Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT). The instruments used were two variants- 50-items Mathematics achievement test based on the multiple choice and true or false test formats. A total of five hundred (500)…
Descriptors: Objective Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests, Test Reliability
Investigating the Quality of Teacher-Produced Tests for EFL Students and the Effects of Training in Test Development Principles and Practices on Improving Test Quality
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Coniam, David – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
This paper examines the quality of tests that Hong Kong teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) produce for their own EFL students. The paper examines the effects on graduate teachers of a language testing programme where participants produced objective tests, proceeding through the stages of test specification, moderation, and item…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Objective Tests, Test Reliability, Item Analysis
National Assessment Program--Science Literacy Year 6 School Release Materials, 2006
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Donovan, Jenny; Hutton, Penny; Lennon, Melissa; O'Connor, Gayl; Morrissey, Noni – Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2008
In July 2001, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) agreed to the development of assessment instruments and key performance measures for reporting on student skills, knowledge and understandings in primary science. It directed the newly established Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Media Literacy, Scientific Concepts
National Assessment Program--Science Literacy Year 6 Technical Report, 2006
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Wu, Margaret; Donovan, Jenny; Hutton, Penny; Lennon, Melissa – Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2008
In July 2001, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) agreed to the development of assessment instruments and key performance measures for reporting on student skills, knowledge and understandings in primary science. It directed the newly established Performance Measurement and Reporting Taskforce…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Science Achievement, Comparative Analysis