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Download full textAli, Syed Haris; Carr, Patrick A.; Ruit, Kenneth G. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
Plausible distractors are important for accurate measurement of knowledge via multiple-choice questions (MCQs). This study demonstrates the impact of higher distractor functioning on validity and reliability of scores obtained on MCQs. Freeresponse (FR) and MCQ versions of a neurohistology practice exam were given to four cohorts of Year 1 medical…
Descriptors: Scores, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Reliability, Test Validity
Ollennu, Sam Nii Nmai; Etsey, Y. K. A. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The study investigated the impact of item position in multiple-choice test on student performance at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) level in Ghana. The sample consisted of 810 Junior Secondary School (JSS) Form 3 students selected from 12 different schools. A quasi-experimental design was used. The instrument for the project…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Performance Based Assessment, Secondary School Students
Direct linkLaprise, Shari L. – College Teaching, 2012
Successful exam composition can be a difficult task. Exams should not only assess student comprehension, but be learning tools in and of themselves. In a biotechnology course delivered to nonmajors at a business college, objective multiple-choice test questions often require students to choose the exception or "not true" choice. Anecdotal student…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Test Items, Multiple Choice Tests, Biotechnology
Al-Hamly, Mashael; Coombe, Christine – Language Testing, 2005
This study investigates whether the practice of answer changing on multiple-choice questions (MCQs) is beneficial to Gulf Arab students' overall test performance. The proficiency exam used in this study is the Michigan English Language Institute College English Test - Grammar, Cloze, Vocabulary, Reading (MELICET-GCVR), which was developed using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College English, Arabs, Multiple Choice Tests
