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Performance Assessments with Microworlds and Their Difficulty
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Kluge, Annette – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2008
The use of microworlds (MWs), or complex dynamic systems, in educational testing and personnel selection is hampered by systematic measurement errors because these new and innovative item formats are not adequately controlled for their difficulty. This empirical study introduces a way to operationalize an MW's difficulty and demonstrates the…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Self Efficacy, Educational Testing, Computer Uses in Education
On the Equivalence of Constructed-Response and Multiple-Choice Tests
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Traub, Ross E.; Fisher, Charles W. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1977
Two sets of mathematical reasoning and two sets of verbal comprehension items were cast into each of three formats--constructed response, standard multiple-choice, and Coombs multiple-choice--in order to assess whether tests with identical content but different formats measure the same attribute. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Confidence Testing, Constructed Response, Factor Analysis
Effects of Response Format on Diagnostic Assessment of Scholastic Achievement.
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Birenbaum, Menucha; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1992
The effect of multiple-choice (MC) or open-ended (OE) response format on diagnostic assessment of algebra test performance was investigated with 231 eighth and ninth graders in Tel Aviv (Israel) using bug or rule space analysis. Both analyses indicated closer similarity between parallel OE subsets than between stem-equivalent OE and MC subsets.…
Descriptors: Algebra, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis
On the Construct Validity of Multiple-Choice Items for Reading Comprehension.
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van den Bergh, Huub – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1990
In this study, 590 third graders from 12 Dutch schools took 32 tests indicating 16 semantic Structure-of-Intellect (SI) abilities and 1 of 4 reading comprehension tests, involving either multiple-choice or open-ended items. Results indicate that item type for reading comprehension is congeneric with respect to SI abilities measured. (TJH)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Construct Validity, Elementary Education