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Writing Quiz Items
IS 460 Notes
byThomas Hilton
Procedure in Brief
Understand Purpose of Academic TestsUnderstand Fidelity of Item TypesChoose an Item TypeIdentify Important Parts of PresentationWrite Five Multiple-Choice Test Items ApieceWrite High Quality ItemsReview and Revise ItemsEnter Items into NetTest
Understand Purpose of Tests
Academic Tests are…Primarily to Measure LearningSecondarily to Motivate LearningNot Much of an Instructional Device
Understand Fidelity of Item Types:“The best test is the task itself”
Oral/performance
EssayShort-answer
Multiple-choiceMatching
True-false
Choose an Item Type
ValidityReliabilityEffort
ConstructionGrading
Identify Important Points in Presentation
Work With Teammate(s)Ask, “What should people be able to do
when we’re done presenting to them?”Collaborate
Face to FaceE-MailOnline Chat, Instant Messaging, NetMeetingTelephoneCarrier PigeonWhatever Floats Your Boat
Write Five Multiple-Choice Items Apiece
A Three-Person Team Generates 15 ItemsMark Correct Answer to Each ItemName Source Content for Each Item
Develop High Quality Items
Identify ObjectivesWrite Several Stems per ObjectiveWrite Correct Answer for Each Stem
(Before Distracters)Write Three Distracters for Each Stem
(After Correct Answer)Make Some Items Easy, Some Hard
Item Form
Easy To Read: Clear, Brief, Grammatically Correct
Minimum of Redundancy in WordingDistracters
PlausibleContent Sounds Realistic to the UninformedSame Length and Style as Correct AnswerMatch Common MisconceptionsGenerally, don’t use “All of the Above,”
“Both A and C,” silly distracters, etc.
Review and Revise Items
Swap Items in TeamGet Suggested Revisions from Each OtherBe KindBe Thick-Skinned
Create Quiz In Web Form
Open example quiz in Word.Select web view.Edit quiz title and items.Display Web Tools toolbar, and enter Design Mode.Edit properties of first hidden field at top of quiz.
Make Value <[email protected]>Edit properties of second hidden field at top of quiz.
Make Value <the name of your quiz>Save as web page (often).Link quiz to presentation web site using relative URL.Store all web site files on W: drive.
Take Quiz
Bring up web site in IEClick quiz hyperlinkTake quizClick Submit Button
Do all This by Deadline Agreed in Class
