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Download full textFinch, F. L.; Dost, Marcia A. – 1992
Many state and local entities are developing and using performance assessment programs. Because these initiatives are so diverse, it is very difficult to understand what they are doing, or to compare them in any meaningful way. Multiple-choice tests are contrasted with performance assessments, and preliminary classifications are suggested to…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Constructed Response
Using Multiple Choice Examination Items To Measure Teachers' Content-Specific Pedagogical Knowledge.
Kromrey, Jeffrey D.; Renfrow, Donata D. – 1991
The use of multiple-choice test items measuring content-specific pedagogical knowledge (C-P) as a viable method of increasing the validity of teacher tests is described. The purposes of the paper are to: (1) present examples of multiple-choice test items used for the assessment of C-P and contrast these items with items used for assessing content…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Hill, Clifford; Larsen, Eric – 1983
This study examines how third and fourth grade children work with a representative sample of test items designed to measure reading comprehension. The developmental and ethnocultural problems that children experience (whether they are rooted in the passage, the tasks, or the entire item) are discussed. From a passage-based perspective, the items…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Item Analysis
Peer reviewedGraff, Martin – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2006
This study sought to investigate four separate issues regarding student performance in a blended learning environment in the delivery of a Psychology course to 140 University undergraduates. Firstly, to investigate the relationship between student performance on three different coursework assignments and their performance on interim online…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
McNamara, Thomas C. – 1990
An attempt was made to develop self-directedness in students through teaching them how to write questions in multiple-choice format, and by making students aware that phrasing things in multiple-choice format is a way of asking questions that is conducive to developing thinking, writing, and test-taking skills. The study, a form of reflective…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
Yachimowicz, David J.; And Others – 1990
The psychometric properties of a paper-and-pencil instrument for assessing individual differences in cerebral dominance are explored. The instrument, Your Style of Learning and Thinking (SOLAT), contains 50 multiple-choice questions. The study subjects consisted of three groups: 235 undergraduate and graduate students, 124 undergraduate and…
Descriptors: Adults, Brain Hemisphere Functions, College Students, Comparative Testing
Stevenson, Zollie, Jr.; And Others – 1990
During the Spring of 1989, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction field-tested a geometry proof performance assessment as a component of the High School End-of-Course Testing Program (EoC). The existing geometry EoC test consisted only of multiple-choice items. The performance assessment was added to the multiple-choice component to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Geometry
Dutcher, Peggy – 1990
Authentic reading assessment is examined, focusing on its implementation within the Michigan Essential Skills Reading Test (MESRT). Authentic reading assessment emerged as a response to research that indicates that reading is not a particular skill but an interaction among reader, text, and the context of the reading situation. Unlike formal…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Research, Multiple Choice Tests
Samejima, Fumiko – 1990
The shortcomings of the conventional way of using and interpreting multiple-choice tests are summarized. Some theories and methodologies that can be applied for better use multiple-choice test items are described. Empirical facts are introduced to support the theoretical observations. New strategies are proposed that will reduce "noise"…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Distractors (Tests), Equations (Mathematics), Estimation (Mathematics)
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
As part of an examination required by the Alberta (Canada) Department of Education in order for 12th grade students to receive a diploma in French, this booklet contains the reading selections portion of Part B, the language and literature component of the January 1987 tests. Representing the genres of poetry, short story, novel, and drama, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Canadian Literature, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
As part of an examination required by the Alberta (Canada) Department of Education in order for 12th grade students to receive a diploma in French, this booklet contains the 80 multiple choice questions portion of Part B, the language and literature component of the January 1987 tests. Representing the genres of poetry, short story, the novel, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Canadian Literature, Foreign Countries
Fraenkel, Jack R. – 1986
The curriculum content of elementary and secondary school social studies is discussed as it relates to the assessment of social studies learning. In addition, recommendations are made for future efforts in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The social studies curriculum involves both factual learning and concept learning.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Concept Formation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1986
The Grade 12 Diploma Examination Program, an integral part of high school diploma requirements, is intended to develop and maintain excellence in educational standards through certification of academic achievement. It consists of course-specific examinations that are based on the prescribed Program of Studies for Senior High Schools for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, English
Tushyeh, Hanna Y. – 1985
The role of language transfer in the acquisition of English as a second language as indicated in the production of relative clauses was examined. Analysis of adult Arab students' written responses to a variety of test types revealed that (1) language transfer is a significant factor in second language acquisition; (2) there is a distinction…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Arabs, English (Second Language), Error Patterns
Phillips, Gary W.; Huynh, Huynh – 1985
A procedure which may be used to project the frequency distribution of one test onto that of another test is described and illustrated. The procedure is useful when a test developer wishes to construct an alternate form with preferred distributional characteristics. For example, the test developer may wish to construct a new test form with a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis, Item Banks
