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Download full textGallagher, Ann; Mandinach, Ellen – 1992
Twenty-four students who scored 650 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test Mathematics test (SAT-M) were asked to think aloud while solving 13 mathematics items in either multiple-choice or free-response format. Strategies students used to solve the items were classified as either algorithmic or insightful. Data analyses indicated that items in…
Descriptors: Algorithms, College Students, Higher Education, Mathematics Tests
Roid, Gale H.; And Others – 1980
An earlier study was extended and replicated to examine the feasibility of generating multiple-choice test questions by transforming sentences from prose instructional material. In the first study, a computer-based algorithm was used to analyze prose subject matter and to identify high-information words. Sentences containing selected words were…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level
Suits, Jerry P. – 2000
The results of this study are consistent with a two-stage model of learning chemistry, a multi-dimensional subject, in which students accumulate knowledge in stage one, and then restructure their knowledge in stage two. When cognitive, metacognitive and achievement variables were subjected to a predictive discriminant analysis (PDA) procedure,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Algorithms, Chemistry, College Students
Roid, Gale; Finn, Patrick – 1978
The feasibility of generating multiple-choice test questions by transforming sentences from prose instructional materials was examined. A computer-based algorithm was used to analyze prose subject matter and to identify high-information words. Sentences containing selected words were then transformed into multiple-choice items by four writers who…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Form Classes (Languages)
PDF pending restorationRoid, Gale; And Others – 1978
Several measurement theorists have convincingly argued that methods of writing test questions, particularly for criterion-referenced tests, should be based on operationally defined rules. This study was designed to examine and further refine a method for objectively generating multiple-choice questions for prose instructional materials. Important…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Criterion Referenced Tests, High Schools, Higher Education
Roid, Gale; Haladyna, Tom – 1978
The technology of transforming sentences from prose instruction into test questions was examined by comparing two methods of selecting sentences (keyword vs. rare singleton), two types of question words (nouns vs. adjectives), and two foil construction methods (writer's choice vs. algorithmic). Four item writers created items using each…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests
