Types of Tests Items part 试验的项目部分的类型.pptVIP

EVALUATION SUFFECIENCYTypes of Tests Items(part I) The General Objective of the workshop: English teachers are going to acquire the required skills for constructing good test items . Specific Objectives: By the end of the workshop, the English teacher will be able to: 1. Discriminate between the two types of test items. 2. Categorize each item format. 3. Identify the features of each item format. Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of the two types of test items. Construct a good item for each test type format. Criticize some items according to the guide lines they have obtained. The Importance of Testing: Measure student’s achievement. A kind of self-evaluation for the teacher. Promotion and graduation depend mostly on tests. Parents always want to know how their children are progressing. Tests aim at diagnosing problem areas. Bloom’s taxonomy Part (I) Selected – Response Items Advantages of selected-response items: They can sample the domain of content extensively. They are easy to score. They can be reliably scored. Disadvantages of selected-response items: They tend to measure memorization. The impact of guessing. They are not easy to devise. They do not measure the pupils’ ability to organize and express their thoughts. (1)-MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS Guidelines for writing multiple choice items: Do not indicate correct answers by the grammar. Make all distracters the same length. Make all distracters plausible. Avoid repeating key words in the stem and the options. All the response choices are vertically listed. The response choices should not be less than four . 7. Avoid pattern of responses.8. Avoid negative item stems or a double  negative. 9. The stem should be an idea ,not an  isolated word.10. Have only one correct or best answer.11 . Avoid phrases like “none of the  above” “all of the above”. (2)-TRUE-FALSE ITEMS Guidelines for writing true-false items: Statements must be c