What kind of instructional objective is Mrs. Jenkins pursuing when she wants her students to become able to distinguish between facts and opinions presented in a newspaper's Letters to the Editor?
A. Cognitive
B. Affective
C. Psychomotor
D. None of the above
Ques. 2Two essay items, one a restricted response type and the other the extended response type, are used to assess a group of students on the same content. Which type is likely to yield the more reliably scored results and why ?
a. The extended response type, because it covers more ground than the restricted response type.
b. The extended response type, because students have more freedom to express their ideas than with the restricted response type.
c. The restricted response type, because it is more focused than the extended response type.
d. The restricted response type, because the students' answers are shorter.
Ques. 3A good way to assess students' knowledge of state capitals would be to construct a matching exercise with the 50 states as premises.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 4What must be true about a masterlist item set in order for it to assess analytical reasoning?
a. The examples in the stems must be new to the students.
b. The options in the master list must be new to the students.
c. Both a. and b. .
d. Neither a. nor b. .
Ques. 5Which is the most appropriate order of the table and the list of responses in matrix items? Why?
a. The blank table is followed by the list of responses because students should have an idea of the premises before encountering the responses.
b. The blank table is following by the list of responses because it is the logical arrangement of materials of such nature.
c. The list of responses followed by the blank table because it is easier to read and follow the classification process.
Ques. 6In writing the multiple-choice version of statement-and-comment items, it is appropriate to use students' past responses on a short-answer version of the test as a basis for distractors.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 7Perfect matching in matrix items is not as much of a concern as in traditional matching exercises.
a. True
b. False
Ques. 8Multiple true-false items are least appropriate to assess
a. elementary students.
b. high school students.
c. college/university students.
d. adults seeking occupational certification.
Ques. 9What is the effect when you use experiment-interpretation items to assess students' recall of a correct interpretation of experimental results?
a. It encourages them to learn skills required in interpreting experimental results.
b. It discourages them from learning skills required in interpreting experimental results.
c. It gives them the opportunity to demonstrate their critical thinking abilities.
Ques. 10One ten-point quiz consists only of traditional true-false items. Another ten-point quiz, assessing the same content, consists only of multiple true-false items. How does the reliability of the scores on the two quizzes compare?
a. The traditional true-false quiz will likely be more reliable.
b. The traditional true-false quiz likely to have the same reliability.
c. The traditional true-false quiz is likely to be less reliable.
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