Table of Contents

• Multiple Choice Item Construction
• Test Development Process
• Todayís Focus
• Two Important Characteristics of Tests
• Formative vs. Summative Tests
• A. Table of Specifications
• Table of Specifications (2)
• Biology 30: Circulation
• Need to Consider and Decide:
• Biology 30: Circulation
• B. Item Selection
• C. Item Construction
• Guidelines for Writing Objective Items
• II. Guidelines for Writing Objective Items
• III. Guidelines for Writing Objective Items
• Alternate Response Items
• True / False
• True / False
• True / False
• True / False
• True / False & Variations
• Matching Items
• Guidelines for Writing Matching Items
• 2. Guidelines for Writing Matching Items
• 3. Guidelines for Writing Matching Items
• Example:
• Short Answer Test Items
• Guidelines for Writing Short Answer Items
• II. Guidelines for Writing Short Answer Items
• III. Guidelines for Writing Short Answer Items
• Multiple Choice Items Interpretive Exercise
• Terminology: Multiple Choice
• Ambiguity
• Types of Multiple Choice Items
• Interpretive Exercise
• Interpretive Exercises (conít)
• Guidelines for Writing: Multiple Choice Items
• Guidelines for Writing: Stems
• I. Guidelines for Writing: MC
• Example: Length of Alternatives
• II. Guidelines for Writing: MC
• Example: Undemanding Distracters
• III. Guidelines for Writing: MC
• IV. Guidelines for Writing: MC
• Advantages of Multiple Choice Items
• Disadvantages of Mult.Choice Items
• Wrap-Up