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Haladyna, Thomas M. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2018
Writing multiple-choice test items to measure student learning in higher education is a challenge. Based on extensive scholarly research and experience, the author describes various item formats, offers guidelines for creating these items, and provides many examples of both good and bad test items. He also suggests some shortcuts for developing…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Higher Education
Tran, Thu H. – Online Submission, 2012
The vast majority of second language teachers feels confident about their instructional performance and does not usually have much difficulty with their teaching thanks to their professional training and accumulated classroom experience. Nonetheless, many second language teachers may not have received sufficient training in test development to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Language Tests, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Kwan, Felix B. – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2010
This paper discusses how modifying the true-or-false (T/F) test, by requiring written explanations, reveals major weaknesses and hazards of the simple (unexplained) T/F tests popular among teachers. But, more important, the modification transforms the test into a very efficient formative assessment tool. It opens a window that allows a teacher to…
Descriptors: Objective Tests, Formative Evaluation, Test Construction, Student Evaluation
National Assessment Governing Board, 2012
Since 1973, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has gathered information about student achievement in mathematics. Results of these periodic assessments, produced in print and web-based formats, provide valuable information to a wide variety of audiences. They inform citizens about the nature of students' comprehension of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, National Competency Tests, Grade 4
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Smith, Kari – Educational Leadership, 2009
As a classroom teacher, Kari Smith realized that traditional objective tests don't always assess what students actually know. But tests are so deeply embedded in the education system that it would be difficult to do away with them entirely. Smith decided to make tests into learning tools. In this article, Smith describes three strategies for…
Descriptors: Objective Tests, Teaching Methods, Answer Keys, Educational Strategies
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Goldwater, Bram C.; Grabavac, Diana M.; Acker, Loren E. – International Journal of Testing, 2005
Regular testing can serve as an incentive for students to keep up with their readings, but the time and effort involved in composing and grading frequent tests can serve as an equally strong disincentive to time-strapped instructors. We describe a distorted-item (DI) test that simply requires excerpting sentences or phrases from the assigned…
Descriptors: Objective Tests, Test Construction, Testing, Student Attitudes
Altman, Daniel R. – 2001
Measurement is a necessary component for research in psychology and education. Researchers use various tests as tools to measure a given construct, making it necessary to have tests that assess a given construct accurately. There are specific principles necessary to follow when constructing a test. This paper discusses the principles for…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Objective Tests, Rating Scales, Student Evaluation
Stape, Christopher J. – Performance and Instruction, 1995
Suggests methods for developing higher level objective test questions. Taxonomies that define learning outcomes are discussed; and examples for various test types are presented, including multiple correct answers; more complex forms, including classification and multiple true-false; relations and correlates; and interpretive exercises. (LRW)
Descriptors: Classification, Objective Tests, Outcomes of Education, Test Construction
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Criswell, John R.; Criswell, Susan J. – Education, 2004
Essay questions have been a stable fixture of teacher assessment activity for decades. Assessment reforms of the early 90's encouraged the development and use of "newer" forms of assessment including portfolios, performance tasks, and authentic assessments. As of late, however, there appears to be a regressive emphasis toward the use of…
Descriptors: Verbs, Essay Tests, Communication Skills, Academic Achievement
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Burton, Richard F. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2001
Describes four measures of test unreliability that quantify effects of question selection and guessing, both separately and together--three chosen for immediacy and one for greater mathematical elegance. Quantifies their dependence on test length and number of answer options per question. Concludes that many multiple choice tests are unreliable…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Mathematical Models, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests
Hardy, Helen – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1981
This report describes the design and field testing of a 50-item objective test designed to measure high school students' understanding of the state of Georgia's history, geography, government, econcomics, and culture. A copy of the test is included in the appendix. (AM)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Objective Tests, Secondary Education, Social Studies
Wiggers, Thomas – Educational Computer, 1982
Describes the modification of an already existing computer-assisted testing system at the University of Mississippi School of Health Related Professions to include test questions of the matching variety. (JJD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Oriented Programs, Electronic Equipment, Higher Education
Todd, Amelia B. – 1983
An achievement test for the secondary school vocational electricity programs in South Carolina was constructed by a research coordinating unit (RCU) project. A trade and industrial supervisor and consultant, three electricity instructors, and four industry representatives comprised an advisory committee that participated in its development. Three…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Electricity, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests
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Dolinsky, Donna; Reid, Vincent E. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1984
Cognitive learning and cognitive measures are defined and various types of objective measures of cognitive learning are discussed and compared, including short answer test items, true-false items, multiple choice items, matching items, and written simulations. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
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Schanker, Neil B. – American Biology Teacher, 1995
Describes how one instructor developed a biology questionnaire designed to get students interacting and thinking about biology course content on the first day of class. Discusses why student interest is captured, how the questions are made, and how the questionnaire results are used in class. Contains a 15-question true/false questionnaire. (LZ)
Descriptors: Biology, Course Content, High Schools, Higher Education
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