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Peer reviewedBlackey, Robert – Social Education, 1981
The author, a former chief reader for Advanced Placement European History, provides secondary school and college instructors with criteria for constructing essay examinations. Topics include goals, language/wording, directions, sequence of questions, breadth versus specificity, compare and contrast questions, quotations, dates, and current events.…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, History Instruction
Peer reviewedCampanella, Alfred J. – Social Education, 1974
A periodic supplement presents methods, techniques, and strategies employed by teachers in the areas of latitude and longitude, writing essay answers, historical hypotheses, and videotaping field trips. (KM)
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Field Trips, History Instruction, Map Skills
Peer reviewedPalmquist, Kristin – Social Education, 1992
Describes the process of developing performance-based tests for elementary history and social sciences in California. Explores development of open-ended questions, examples of questions and student answers, and scoring. Discusses prompts such as categorizing, chronology, cause and effect, controversy, multiple perspectives, interpreting symbols,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Essay Tests, History Instruction, Human Geography
Peer reviewedBlackey, Robert – Social Education, 1988
Presents several suggestions designed to assist teachers and students in the development of essay test-taking skills. Examines organizing the essay; brainstorming for ideas; composing the introductions and theses; establishing the historical setting; and writing the body and conclusion. Advocates proofreading, in-class practice, and allowing…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests, Essays
Peer reviewedAlpern, Mildred – Social Education, 1976
Described is an innovative social studies testing procedure which motivates study and learning by developing student ability for independent thinking. The procedure is entitled The Document-based Essay Question (DBQ). Information on developing DBQs is presented and examples are provided. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Essay Tests, Learning Motivation, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedMarty, Myron A. – Social Education, 1976
Presented are reasons why teachers should continuously assess their teaching methods and testing procedures. The importance of stating course objectives in measurable terms is stressed. (DB)
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Essay Tests, Measurement Objectives, Objective Tests
Peer reviewedHenry, Michael S. – Social Education, 1994
Reports on a study of the free response essays in the Advance Placement U.S. history test from 1963-92. Asserts that there were four significant transition years: 1964, 1965, 1973, and 1976 and predicts another in 1994. Presents data indicating trends toward social history, cultural pluralism, and economic/business topics. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement Programs, Cultural Differences, Educational Change
Peer reviewedNewmann, Fred M. – Social Education, 1990
Provides a model National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) essay examination that teachers may use to evaluate higher-order thinking among social studies high school students. Presents a constitutional issue for students to argue positions. Reports examination results from 51 classrooms. Includes essay examples and scoring rationale.…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Critical Thinking, Due Process
