MultiplChoice Items多项选择题.pptVIP

Multiple-Choice Items Multiple-Choice Items Glen Hammond, RRC, CAE, CIE Multiple Choice Items 5:50 Are selection/recognition/choice items are composed of a question or an incomplete statement [STEM] and a list of alternative responses, [OPTIONS]; Incorrect responses are DISTRACTERS or FOILS. The correct answer is the KEY. Example 1 5:50 Which of the following is a selection-type item? multiple choice extended essay completion restricted essay Example 2 The highest level of Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy listed here is synthesis. knowledge. application. analysis. M.-C. Parts Functions p. 50 Stem – set task or problem to be performed Alternatives – suggest responses Distracters – appearing plausible to uninformed Key – correct answer – should be apparent to those who know course well Directions 5:51 For each of the following stems, select the correct or best answer from among the choices presented. Place the letter of your choice in the blank in front of the question [circle the letter, underline the answer, mark the corresponding letter or space on your answer sheet]. Considerations 5:51 They limit testing to what a student should do rather than what one might do if asked to supply own response. They cannot generally measure problem-solving skills. We get the answers, but not the process the student has gone through to arrive at the answer. Considerations 5:51 They cannot test organization and presentation of ideas. Use essay for those items They cannot test synthesis as cannot any other recognition format, as synthesis is an individual or group creation. They are difficult to construct and make believable. M-C may be used to: 5:51 measure many different learning outcomes. present a list of similar choices for alternatives. ensure one idea only is being tested. reducing chances of successfully guessing the correct answer: .25 as opposed to .5. reduce the incidence of patterns of answers as might happen in T-F. Use M-C to te