Design your objective test for this chapter. Create at least four multiple-choice items, one matching item, and three true/false items. For a really good time, give this assessment to one of your fellow students.
In multiple choice questions, the stem should be shorter than the alternatives.
Answer
True
False
Question 2
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The goal of formal assessments is to distinguish between those who know the material and those who do not.
Answer
True
False
Question 3
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When writing true/false questions, one should avoid the use of absolutes and qualifiers.
Answer
True
False
Question 4
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Select the correct answer from the following drop-down answers.
NOTE: Not all of the provided answers will be used. Please do not select the same term for more than one answer.
1. [blank_start]______[blank_end] This is an aspect of student assessment skills that helps in choosing the correct answer without fully knowing the academic content.
2. [blank_start]______[blank_end] This is the idea that learning is best recalled under the same conditions as when it was originally learned.
3. [blank_start]______[blank_end] In constructing multiple-choice items, this is the question or statement.
4. [blank_start]______[blank_end] This determines whether the assessment appropriately samples the full range of instructional material presented to the student.
5. [blank_start]______[blank_end] According to Bloom, this is difficult to assess through multiple-choice items.
Answer
1. State-dependent Learning
1. Content validity
1. Higher-level thinking
1. Lower-level thinking
1. Stem
1. Informed guessing
1. Distractor
2. State-dependent learning
2. Content validity
2. Higher-level thinking
2. Lower-level thinking
2. Stem
2. Informed guessing
2. Distractor
3. State-dependent learning
3. Content validity
3. Higher-level thinking
3. Lower-level thinking
3. Stem
3. Informed guessing
3. Distractor
4. State-dependent learning
4. Content validity
4. Higher-level thinking
4. Lower-level thinking
4. Stem
4. Informed guessing
4. Distractor
5. State-dependent learning
5. Content validity
5. Higher-level thinking
5. Lower-level thinking
5. Stem
5. Informed guessing
5. Distractor
Question 5
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In multiple-choice assessments, this is the term for the various answers a student could select.
Answer
Stems
Alternatives
Distractors
Question 6
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According to our textbook, this is the most beneficial part of the day when a student should take an assessment.
Answer
Shortly after the class day begins
Immediately before lunch
Immediately after lunch
The last hour of the school day
Question 7
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What is a positive feature about objective assessments?
Answer
Increases opportunities for informed guessing
Increases claims of teacher grading bias
Increases required grading time
Increases the number of content-related questions that can be asked
Question 8
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Which of the following is true about how students guess an answer when they are not completely sure?
Answer
When they are unsure about the answer, they tend to select the middle answer.
When they are unsure about the answer, they tend to select the last answer.
When they are unsure about the answer, they tend to select the longest answer.
When they are unsure about the answer, they tend to select the shortest answer.