If classroom teachers set out to improve their own tests using judgmental approaches, which of the following review criteria is not a factor teachers ought to consider?
A. Adherence to item-specific guidelines and general item-writing rules
B. Absence of any significant gaps in a test's content coverage
C. Each item's likely contribution to a valid score-based inference about a student's status
D. The likelihood that, if a test is seen by parents, those parents will recognize the suitability of an item's content coverage
Ques. 2All of the following conditions support creativity except:
A) a variety of media and resource materials
B) challenging and overwhelming tasks
C) individual differences prized
D) independent access to materials
Ques. 3Which of the following contentions about affective assessment in the classroom is not accurate?
A. If classroom affective assessment is introduced, it substantially diminishes the attention given to the measurement of higher-level cognitive outcomes.
B. Classroom affective assessment typically focuses a teacher's instructional concerns more directly on the promotion of affective objectives for students.
C. Anonymity enhancement procedures for classroom affective assessment are extremely desirable.
D. If affective assessment is to take place in classrooms, many teachers will need to learn about affect-focused instructional techniques.
Ques. 4Humor is one the qualities of genius in every child. A child's sense of humor is at first:
A) incongruity
B) word play
C) slapstick
D) nonsensical
Ques. 5Which of the following steps is not one that should be followed in the creation of a multifocus affective inventory for use in classroom assessment?
A. Select the affective variables to measure.
B. Decide on how many items to use in measuring each variable.
C. Create a series of exclusively positive statements related to each affective variable selected.
D. Determine the number and phrasing of students' response options.
Ques. 6Teachers' difficulties with thinking and teaching more creatively are frequently caused by:
A) Fear of taking a risk
B) A need for control
C) Premature criticism
D) All of the above
Ques. 7Which of the following is not an important rule to be followed in the classroom assessment of student affect?
A. Make all inferences about students' affective status so the inferences are group-focused rather than individual-focused.
B. If any self-report inventories are used, students' responses must be truly anonymous.
C. Any affective variable being measured must be genuinely noncontroversial.
D. To monitor students' ever-changing attitudes and interests, assess affect on at least a bi-weekly basis.
Ques. 8In the future, it is predicted that workers will need to be:
A) Prepared for the industrial era
B) Flexible, creative, and capable of functioning in an information society
C) Prepared for an agrarian society
D) Convergent thinkers
E) Models of diplomacy
Ques. 9Which of the following is the most troublesome problem facing those educators who wish to rely heavily on the use of performance tests?
A. Generating tasks for performance tests
B. Scoring students' responses to a performance test's task(s)
C. Making valid inferences about students' generalized skill-mastery
D. Persuading students to respond seriously to a performance test's task(s)
Ques. 10Studies show that most families make ________ a part of their child's daily experiences.
A) dramatic play
B) dance
C) painting
D) music
E) sculpting
Ques. 11Many experienced assessors of student affect suggest the most appropriate way for classroom teachers to monitor their students' affect is through the use of:
A. Anonymously completed self-report inventories
B. Anonymously completed personalized essays
C. Teacher observations of affect-related student behaviors
D. Affectively oriented performance tests
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