Which of the following is the most discernible advantage of the greater-less-same format item type over standard multiple-choice items?
a. The greater-less-same format is better for assessing lower order learning outcomes.
b. The greater-less-same format is relatively easy to craft.
c. The greater-less-same format enables the teacher to assess students' ability to order large numbers of events or facts.
Ques. 2The primary value of true-false items is to assess a student's ability to judge the correctness of verbal propositions.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 3Which sequence of steps is the best for crafting a masterlist set of items?
a. Write the items, write the options, write the directions for the students.
b. Write the directions for the students, write the items, and write the options.
c. Write the options, write the items, write the directions for the students.
Ques. 4When would a completion variety be preferred over a direct question variety of fill-in-the-blank items?
a. Never (i.e., direct questions should always be used.)
b. Only when students tend to think a long, complex answer is required
c. Whenever numerical answers are required
d. Whenever one or two words are required as the answer
Ques. 5In classroom assessment, matching exercises are most useful when learning objectives involve classification of some sort.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 6When your fill-in-the-blank items fail to follow your assessment plan, the most probable effect is to lower the
a. validity of your students' scores.
b. reliability of your students' scores.
c. objectivity of your scoring.
d. magnitude of students' scores on the assessment.
Ques. 7Which of the following abilities can be assessed by fill-in-the-blank items?
a. Knowledge of facts
b. Comprehension
c. Manipulation of equations
d. All of the above
Ques. 8In classroom assessment, fill-in-the-blank items are typically scored with the same objectivity as multiple-choice items.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 9If a student has a good command of a learning objective, you should expect that the student would answer a test item about that objective correctly even if the item were worded rather ambiguously.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 10A distractor functions best when it appears attractive to
a. both highly knowledgeable and less knowledgeable students.
b. highly knowledgeable students only.
c. less knowledgeable students only.