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Direct linkHsia, Yen-Teh; Jong, Bin-Shyan; Lin, Tsong-Wuu; Liao, Ji-Yang – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2019
Suppose learners use their free time to go online to review course materials, and they do so by taking optional tests that consist of multiple-choice questions (MCQs). What will happen if, for every practice question, there is always a choice (out of four possible choices) that is marked as "the (current) hot choice?" Will this make any…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Test Preparation, Learning Processes, Test Construction
Download full textShilna, V.; Gafoor, K. Abdul – Online Submission, 2016
Learning chemistry is a hard task for many secondary school students; thus, students find it tough to score better marks in chemistry. Researchers have identified many reasons and suggested lots of alternatives to overcome difficulties in chemistry. This paper focuses on whether the test item construction has any role in the response pattern of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Short Term Memory, Multiple Choice Tests, Science Tests
Melancon, Janet G.; Thompson, Bruce – 1987
This paper reviews the research literature regarding the importance of Witkin's theory of psychological differentiation, particularly the research on measures of field independence using perceptual disembedding tasks. The first phase of development of a multiple-choice perceptual disembedding measure, the Finding Embedded Figures Test, is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Testing, Field Dependence Independence, Multiple Choice Tests
McNamara, Thomas C. – 1990
An attempt was made to develop self-directedness in students through teaching them how to write questions in multiple-choice format, and by making students aware that phrasing things in multiple-choice format is a way of asking questions that is conducive to developing thinking, writing, and test-taking skills. The study, a form of reflective…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1979
The first paper presented at this conference on the evaluation and effective teaching of nursing students discusses the theoretical perspective on evaluation--that is, steps in writing and validating tests. A worksheet on multiple choice item types, with examples appropriate for nursing education, is included. The second paper discusses the…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Cognitive Style, Competency Based Education, Cultural Awareness
Peer reviewedArmstrong, Anne-Marie – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1993
The effects of test performance of differentially written multiple-choice tests and test takers' cognitive style were studied for 47 graduate students and 35 public school and college teachers. Adhering to test-writing item guidelines resulted in mean scores basically the same for two groups of differing cognitive style. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Faculty, Comparative Testing, Graduate Students
