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McKenna, Peter – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to examine whether multiple choice questions (MCQs) can be answered correctly without knowing the answer and whether constructed response questions (CRQs) offer more reliable assessment. Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents a critical review of existing research on MCQs, then reports on an experimental study…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Accuracy, Test Wiseness, Objective Tests
Baha, Kamal; Shishido, Makoto – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2022
This study focused on the development of the word level classification vocabulary learning (WCVL) system and the measurement of its effectiveness in terms of the potential of the system and learners' improvement in learning English material through the WCVL system. There are many ways to improve reading comprehension for those learning English as…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Classification, Instructional Effectiveness, Second Language Learning
Özkan, Yesim Özer; Özaslan, Nesrin – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2018
The aim of this study is to determine the level of achievement of students participating in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 and PISA 2012 tests in Turkey according to questions in the mathematical literacy test. This study is a descriptive survey. Within the scope of the study, the mathematical literacy test items were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Test Items
Eser, Mehmet Taha; Dogan, Nuri – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Purpose: The objective of this study is to develop the Inventory of Motive of Preference for Conventional Paper-And-Pencil Tests and to evaluate students' motives for preferring written tests, short-answer tests, true/false tests or multiple-choice tests. This will add a measurement tool to the literature with valid and reliable results to help…
Descriptors: Preferences, Measures (Individuals), Objective Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
Kim, Misook – English Teaching, 2019
This paper examined the use of assessment techniques in extensive reading and students' and teachers' perceptions on the practice of extensive reading. A total of 232 university students who were placed at different proficiency levels of classes and 13 professors participated in the study by completing a questionnaire. In-depth interviews were…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Processes, Reading Motivation, Reading Tests
Faremi, Yinusa Akintoye; Akinwarere, Kehinde C.; Fakolujo, Abayomi Babatunde – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2017
The study examined mental ability of Junior Secondary School Students in Basic Technology in Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design. The purpose of this study is to compare the mental abilities of junior secondary school students in basic technology in terms of age, sex and types of school (Urban and Rural). Two hundred students were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Cognitive Ability, Technological Literacy
Alshayban, Abdullah – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Students of English as a second language (ESL) are often perplexed by English phrasal verbs (PVs) and must seek aid to understand the meanings of such phrases. Understanding an independent verb is simple, but the meaning of a verb can change depending on the context in which it is used as well as its object(s). In other words, since PVs using the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Verbs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Kolomuç, Ali – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2017
This study aimed to discover subject-specific science teachers' views of alternative assessment. The questionnaire by Okur (2008) was adapted and deployed for data collection. The sample consisted of 80 subject-specific science teachers drawn from the cities of Trabzon, Rize and Erzurum in Turkey. In analyzing data, descriptive analysis was…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Alternative Assessment, Foreign Countries
Tetteh, Godson Ayertei; Sarpong, Frederick Asafo-Adjei – Journal of International Education in Business, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of constructivism on assessment approach, where the type of question (true or false, multiple-choice, calculation or essay) is used productively. Although the student's approach to learning and the teacher's approach to teaching are concepts that have been widely researched, few…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Student Evaluation, Test Format
Schaap, Lydia; Verkoeijen, Peter; Schmidt, Henk – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
This study investigated the effects of two different true-false questions on memory awareness and long-term retention of knowledge. Participants took four subsequent knowledge tests on curriculum learning material that they studied at different retention intervals prior to the start of this study (i.e. prior to the first test). At the first and…
Descriptors: Objective Tests, Test Items, Memory, Long Term Memory
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1978
After vigorous review, editing, and trial testing, this item bank was compiled to help secondary school teachers construct objective tests in the social sciences. Anthropology, economics, ethnic and cultural studies, geography, history, legal studies, politics, and sociology are among the topics represented. The bank consists of multiple choice…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Item Banks, Multiple Choice Tests
Stratton, N. J. – Teaching at a Distance, 1981
A study of recurrent faults in multiple-choice items in Britain's Open University's computer-marked tests has led to a procedure for avoiding these faults. A description of the study covers the incidence and sources of faults (obviousness, memorization, unclear instruction, ambiguity, distractors, inter-item effects, and structure) and…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Item Analysis
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1978
This item bank was compiled by the Australian Council for Educational research (ACER) to help teachers at the secondary school level construct objective tests in arithmetic and algebra. The multiple-choice items were written by teachers who attended ACER writing workshops. The questions are classified according to their subject content and the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Algebra, Arithmetic, Foreign Countries
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1978
This item bank was compiled by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to help teachers at the secondary school level construct objective tests in mathematics. The multiple-choice items were written by teachers who attended ACER writing workshops. The questions are classified according to their subject content and the cognitive…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Algebra, Foreign Countries, Geometry
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1978
This teacher's manual describes major ways in which the accompanying Item Bank can be used--that is, for achievement tests, diagnostic tests, the introduction of new topics, stimulus for class discussions, evaluation of curriculum and teaching methods, and as models for constructing multiple-choice questions. Rationale for the use of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Item Analysis, Item Banks
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