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Test Takers' Response Tendencies in Alternative Item Formats: A Cognitive Science Approach
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Moon, Jung Aa; Keehner, Madeleine; Katz, Irvin R. – Educational Assessment, 2020
We investigated how item formats influence test takers' response tendencies under uncertainty. Adult participants solved content-equivalent math items in three formats: multiple-selection multiple-choice, grid with forced-choice (true-false) options, and grid with non-forced-choice options. Participants showed a greater tendency to commit (rather…
Descriptors: College Students, Test Wiseness, Test Format, Test Items
Affordances of Item Formats and Their Effects on Test-Taker Cognition under Uncertainty
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Moon, Jung Aa; Keehner, Madeleine; Katz, Irvin R. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2019
The current study investigated how item formats and their inherent affordances influence test-takers' cognition under uncertainty. Adult participants solved content-equivalent math items in multiple-selection multiple-choice and four alternative grid formats. The results indicated that participants' affirmative response tendency (i.e., judge the…
Descriptors: Affordances, Test Items, Test Format, Test Wiseness
Testing with Feedback Yields Potent, but Piecewise, Learning of History and Biology Facts
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Pan, Steven C.; Gopal, Arpita; Rickard, Timothy C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Does correctly answering a test question about a multiterm fact enhance memory for the entire fact? We explored that issue in 4 experiments. Subjects first studied Advanced Placement History or Biology facts. Half of those facts were then restudied, whereas the remainder were tested using "5 W" (i.e., "who, what, when, where",…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Testing, Test Items, Memory
Recognition Versus Recall Test Formats: A Correlational Analysis.
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Thiede, Keith W.; And Others – 1991
A correlational analysis was performed to examine the relationship between recognition and recall test formats. A total of 236 college students completed one of four 80-item general knowledge tests; the forms contained 20 items of each of four formats: (1) true; (2) false; (3) multiple-choice; and (4) free response. Ninety-three of the subjects…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Testing, Correlation
MATERIALS USED IN TEACHING AND EVALUATING THE CONCEPTS RELATED TO THE BIOLOGICAL CELL IN GRADES 2-6, PRACTICAL PAPER NO. 2.
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STAUSS, NYLES G. – 1968
INCLUDED ARE MATERIALS FOR USE IN TEACHING AND EVALUATING 11 SELECTED CONCEPTS RELATED TO THE BIOLOGICAL CELL IN GRADES 2 TO 6. THE CONCEPTS WERE SELECTED AND THEIR ORDER DETERMINED THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTARY TEXTBOOK SERIES, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE BIOLOGY TEXTS, CYTOLOGY TEXTS, AND INFORMATION GATHERED THROUGH A PILOT STUDY. THE MATERIALS…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Biology, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
An Investigation of Multiple-Response-Option Multiple-Choice Items: Item Performance and Processing Demands.
Huntley, Renee M.; Plake, Barbara S. – 1988
The combinational-format item (CFI)--multiple-choice item with combinations of alternatives presented as response choices--was studied to determine whether CFIs were different from regular multiple-choice items in item characteristics or in cognitive processing demands. Three undergraduate Foundations of Education classes (consisting of a total of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level, Educational Psychology