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Slepkov, Aaron D.; Shiell, Ralph C. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
Constructed-response (CR) questions are a mainstay of introductory physics textbooks and exams. However, because of the time, cost, and scoring reliability constraints associated with this format, CR questions are being increasingly replaced by multiple-choice (MC) questions in formal exams. The integrated testlet (IT) is a recently developed…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Physics, Responses, Multiple Choice Tests
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Luangrath, Phimpho; Pettersson, Sune; Benckert, Sylvia – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2011
In this study, we investigated why Laotian students had a low score, when they were tested by the Force Concept Inventory (FCI). About 400 first year university students answered the FCI or a Lao version of the FCI (LFCI) with the contexts of some questions changed. The students answered a questionnaire and 34 of the students were interviewed. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mechanics (Physics), Science Instruction, College Students
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Park, Jooyong – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
The newly developed computerized Constructive Multiple-choice Testing system is introduced. The system combines short answer (SA) and multiple-choice (MC) formats by asking examinees to respond to the same question twice, first in the SA format, and then in the MC format. This manipulation was employed to collect information about the two…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Choice Tests, Scores