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Guidelines to
Test Preparation
Guidelines to
Test Preparation
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Guidelines for Writing Essay Questions
Be sure your question really tests the learning outcome of interest
Each item should havea clear statement of the problemany restrictions on the answer
Construct a model answercontent of an ideal answer important organizational features you
expect
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Essay questions
Poor
Tell what you know about the Pearl Harbor Incident.
Why do you think we dropped 2 bombs on Japan?
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Essay questionsBetterRemembering that the U.S. was
attacked at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, describe the reactions of Americans, including the actions taken by American officials. Be sure to write one complete paragraph with 4-5 sentences.
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Advantages to Essay Questions
Measures higher mental processes, such as the ability to think, to understand large concepts, to organize information, and to express ideas clearly and concisely.
Stimulates creativity and freedom of expression
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Disadvantages
Requires a great deal of time to read and score
Unreliable sampling of student achievement
Tends to be vulnerable to unreliable scoring
Handicaps students who write slowly
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Guidelines of Writing Multiple Choice Questions
1. Incomplete statements should be meaningful.Poor Example
The United States of America
a. has more than 200,000 people.b. grows large amounts of rubber.c. has few good harbors.d. produces most of the world’s automobiles.
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Better
What is the largest state east of the Mississippi River?a)Georgiab)Pennsylvaniac)New Yorkd)Floridae)Texas
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2. Be precise, not confusing.
What is the largest (in square miles) state east of the Mississippi River?
a) Georgiab) Pennsylvaniac) New Yorkd) Floridae) Texas
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Other Guidelines
Length of alternatives should be consistent
Distracters should be plausible Alternatives should be
arranged uniformly Grammatically consistent 4 -5 alternatives
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Avoid using “all of these” or “none of these”
Have only one correct answer Stem should mean the same
to everyonefor example
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Ambiguous
1. Where is the most active volcano?a)Mount Kilimanjarob)Mount St. Helensc) Mount Rainierd)Kilauea Cratere)Mount Redoubt
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Better
1. What is the most active volcano in the U.S.?a)Mt. Redoubt in Alaskab)Mt. Shasta in Californiac) Mt. St. Helens in Washingtond)Kilauea Crater in Hawaiie)Mount Rainier in Washington
Bonus Point – Why do you think there are five volcanoes in the western part of the United States?
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Guidelines
Understanding of definitions is better tested by furnishing the name or word and requiring choices among alternative definitions than by presenting the definition and requiring choices among alternative names or words.-- for example
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Faulty
A major city in Georgia is
a. Maconb. Daltonc. Albanyd. Social Circlee. Athens
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Advantages to Multiple Choice
Answered quickly Scored quickly Test a lot of material in a short
time Questions easy to write once
you learn the format Can be used for motivation,
review and evaluation
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Disadvantages
Measure at recognition level Scoring is mechanical Little way to spot problems of
students Really good questions are hard
to develop and require a lot of time to prepare
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Matching Items
words and definitions historical events and dates novels and their authors tools and their uses problems and solutions elements and symbols causes and effects
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Guidelines
obvious/natural relationship basis of matching should be
made clear to students one list should be 50% longer the shorter list should not
contain more than 7-8 items
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Advantages
Can judge simple relationships between similar ideas, facts, etc.
Relatively easy to score Range of material tested can
be broad Guessing reduced
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Disadvantages
Cannot measure understanding of concepts
Measures memorized content Difficult to avoid giving clues Too many items on list make it
confusing.