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Master of Arts in Administration & Supervision
EDUC 243 - Educational EvaluationDR. JAMES L. PAGLINAWAN
Writing Objective Test Items
By: SHELAMIE M. SANTILLAN
Chapter 6:2nd Sem. S.Y. 2016-
2017
What is an objective test? measure both your ability
to remember facts and figures and your understanding
of course materials.
What are the
examples of an
objective test items?
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Objective Test
1. True or False 2.Matching Type
3. Multiple Choice4. Completion
Test
Objective Test
1 TEST
What is it?
Objective Test
1
Measure the ability to identify whether
statements are correct or not.
are usually a declarative statement..
What is it?
True or False
1True or False
are quick & easy to write ,…but good true-false items are not that easy to
write.consider the
following true-false items.
What is it?
Exercise: Put a G in the space next to the items you believe are good true-false items & a P next to the items you feel are poor.
_____1. High-IQ children always get high grades in school._____2. Will Roger said, “I never met a man I didn’t like.”
True or False
POOR 1. High-IQ children always get high grades in school.
Item no. 1, the word always is an absolute. To some extent, true-false
items depend on absolute judgments. Thus, an alert student
will usually answer “FALSE” to items that include: always, all, never, or
only.
True or False
POOR 1. High-IQ children always get
high grades in school.avoid using terms like all, always, never, or
only. GOOD 1. High-IQ children tend to get
high grades in school.
True or False
Item no. 2 is a good one.
Consider the following situation:
GOOD 2. Will Roger said, “I never met a man I didn’t like.”
True or False
Mrs. Allen, a history teacher & crusader against grade inflation, couldn’t wait to spring her latest
creation on her students. She had spent weeks inserting trick words,
phrases, and complicated grammatical constructions into her 100 item true-
false test. In order to ensure low grades on the test, she allowed only 30
minutes for the test. Although her harried students worked as quickly as they could, no one completed more
than half the items, and no one answered more than 40 items
correctly.
True or False
True or FalseNo one, that is, except Tina. When Tina
handed her test back to Mrs. Allen after two minutes, Mrs. Allen announced, “Class, Tina
has handed in her test! Obviously, she hasn’t read the questions and will earn a zero!” When she scored the test, however, Mrs.
Allen was shocked to see that infact Tina had answered 50 items correctly. She earned the
highest score on the test without even reading Mrs. Allen’s tricky questions.
Confused and embarrassed, Mrs. Allen told the class they would have no more true-false
tests and would have essay tests in the future.
Shortcoming:No matter how well or poorly written, the students have
50% chance of guessing correctly even w/o reading
the item!
True or False
True or false test should be clearly explained before
students begin the test.
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Suggestions for Writing:True or False
1Directions: Read each of the following statements. If the statement is true, underline the word True. If the statement is false, underline the word False.True False 1.The green coloring material of
the plant leaf is called chlorophyll.True False 2. Petal and sepal are two synonymous word.
Exam
ple
True or FalseSuggestions for Writing:
1Directions: Read each of the following statements. If the statement is true, underline the word True. If the statement is false, underline the word False.True False 1.The green coloring material of
the plant leaf is called chlorophyll.True False 2. Petal and sepal are two synonymous word.
Example
True or FalseSuggestions for Writing:
Construct statements that are definitely true or definitely false, w/o
additional qualifications.
2
Suggestions for Writing:
Example of POOR Statement:
1. The vice-president of the Phils. is elected to that province only. True/False?
2. The vice-president of the Phils. is elected nationwide. True/False?
True or False
Use relatively short statements.
3
Suggestions for Writing:
The shorter the statements are, the better the
understanding will be done.
True or False
31. Aristotle thought that a falling object’s acceleration & speed depended on its mass. While Galileo disagreed & said that all objects fall w/ the same acceleration regardless of their weight/mass. TRUE/FALSE? (Poor)
2. Aristotle’s view of science differs from Galileo’s. TRUE/FALSE? (Better)
Example of POOR statement:
True or FalseSuggestions for Writing:
Keep true & false statements approx.
the same length.
4Some statements have
tendencies to be longer to be absolutely true & false.
True or FalseSuggestions for Writing:
Avoid using double- negative
statements.
5
Students take extra time to decipher & are difficult to
interpret.
True or FalseSuggestions for Writing:
6 Avoid the following:
a. Verbal clues, absolutes, & complex sentences.
b. broad general statements, usually not true/false w/o clarification
c. Terms denoting indefinite degreed. Placing items in systematic ordere. taking statements directly from the
text
6 Suggestions for Writing:True or False
6
Advantages of TRUE-FALSE items:
:1 More material can be
covered than any other item format
2 Take less time to construct
3 Scoring is easier.
True or False
Disadvantages of TRUE-FALSE items:
:1 Tend to emphasize rote
memorization of knowledge
2 Presume answers unequivocally
true/false3 Encourage high
degree of guessing
True or False
Consist of a column of key words on the left side of the page
2
Matching Type
Column of options on the right side of the page
2Keywords:
Column A Column B
_____1. Person who provides schooling for children A. Facilitator_____2. Person who enables a group to B. Tutor find a solution C. Trainer_____3. Persons who instructs adults D. Teacher
in a classroom.
Premises Responses
Matching Type
Good matching items
are not easy to write as you might think.
2
Consider the following matching type items, is it well written or poorly
made?
Matching Type
2Identify the faults in the matching item test
of the 10th
grade American History class on the next presentation.
Matching Type
2Faulty problem of the matching item
test given:1. Homogeneity2. Order of Lists3. Easy Guessing4. Poor Directions
5. Too Many Correct Responses6. Ambiguous Lists
Matching Type
Suggestions for writing Matching Items
1Keep questions & options short & homogeneous.
2 Make sure all the options are plausible distractors for each
description
3 Use longer phrases as question & shorter phrases as options.
Suggestions for writing Matching Items
4 Number each question & use alphabetical letters
for the options
5 Include more options than descriptions.
6In the directions, specify the basis for matching….
Advantages of Matching Items
1 Are usually simple to construct
and score
2 Suited to measure associations
between facts
Advantages of Matching Items
3 Matching questions can be more efficient
than MC questions
4Matching questions
reduce the effects of guessing
Disadvantages of Matching Items
1 Tend to ask students trivial information
2 Emphasize memorization
3Limiting the size
of particular matching item
Used to measure knowledge outcomes
& other types of learning outcomes.
3
Student choose one answer from a number of choices supplied.
Multiple Choice
3multiple choice question is
consists of :
Multiple Choice•Stem – text of the question•Options – choices provided
after the stem•The key – correct answer
in the list of options•Distracters – incorrect
answers in the list of options
3Multiple Choice
multiple choice question is consists of :
3Http://Theelearningcoach.Com/Elearning_design/Rules-for-multiple-choice-questions/
Multiple Choice
3Suggestion for writing multiple
choice:1 Stem of the item should clearly
formulate a problem.
2 Be sure there’s one correct answer
3 Be sure distractors are plausible.
4 Use negative questions if knowledge being tested requires
3Suggestion for writing multiple
choice:5 Include 3 – 5 options to test
knowledge rather than guessing.
6 Increase the similarity of content among options.
7 Use the option “none of the above” sparingly…
8 Avoid using “all of the above”.
Advantages of the Multiple Choice Item
1Versatile in measuring objectives
from knowledge to evaluation level….
2 Substantial amount of course material can be sampled in
relatively short time
3 Scoring is highly objective.
Advantages of the Multiple Choice Item
4So that students must
discriminate among option that vary in degree of correctness.
5 Effects of guessing are reduced.
6 are amenable to item analysis
Disadvantages of the Multiple Choice Item
1 Can be time consuming to write
2If not carefully written, M-C
questions can sometimes have more than one defensible
correct answer.
4Type of test that
includes series of sentences
which certain important
words/phrase has been omitted.
Completion Test
1 Items should require
single-word answer
Suggestion for writing Completion Test:
Suggestion for writing Completion Test:
2 Be sure, statement poses a problem
3Be sure, the answer required is factually
√
4 Omit only key words..
Suggestion for writing Completion Test:
Suggestion for writing Completion Test:
5 Blank is near the end of the statement6Numerical answer is
to indicate units…
Advantages of the Completion Test:
Relatively easy to construct
Guessing is eliminatedCompletion question,
take less time to complete….
Disadvantages of Completion Test:
Encourage low level of response complexityResponses can be difficult to scoreRestriction of answer tends to measure the recall of specific facts,
names…etc.
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