ELED 259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gie, Plat, Preference Test
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Chapter 6: rules for creating selected response assessments. Any question where the answers are given and the student has to pick the correct one. To reach higher levels of thinking change some wording to make it less formal, or provide examples not discussed in class. Types of selected response: multiple choice, multiple binary choice, matching, binary choice. Rules for multiple choice items: the stem should contain a question or a problem, avoid negatively stated questions (such as using the word not, randomly assign correct answers to various positions (avoid patterns: abcabcabc) Equal-ish distribution: ne(cid:448)e(cid:396) use (cid:862)all of the a(cid:271)o(cid:448)e(cid:863) students will automatically circle this answer if unsure. Ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)e(cid:396), (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:374)e of the a(cid:271)o(cid:448)e(cid:863) is allo(cid:449)ed (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it fo(cid:396)(cid:272)es stude(cid:374)ts to thi(cid:374)k: do(cid:374)(cid:859)t let length of correct answer supply unintended clues. Pro: easy to get high levels of thinking (offer multiple correct answers, but one best answer) Con: potential to guess + pattern analysis.
