EDCI 3220 Assessment of Student Learning

edTPA Project 2
Constructing Selected-Response Items for Learning Segment
Total Points: 50 points
Due Date: October 24, 2023

Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Chapter 6 Selected-Responses Tests
Activity 1: Constructing Binary-Choice Items (10 points)
A binary-choice item gives students only two options, such as true-false, yes-no, right-wrong,
correct-incorrect, fact-opinion, and so on.

Item-Writing Guidelines for Binary-Choice Items (2.5 points for each item)
1. Phrase items so that a superficial analysis by the student suggests a wrong answer. (0.5
points for each item)
2. Rarely use negative statements, and never use double negatives. (0.5 points for each item)
3. Include only one concept in each statement. (0.5 points for each item)
4. Have an appropriately equal number of items representing the two categories being tested.
(0.5 points for each item)
5. Keep item length similar for both categories being tested. (0.5 points for each item)

Please make four binary-choice items for your learning segment. (4 * 2.5 = 10 points)

Question Answer

True or false:
Hermes was on a mission
True
to summon all the gods
and goddesses.

Is the following sentence

Incorrect.
correct or incorrect Hera
This sentence is incorrect because the goddess of love and beauty
is the goddess of love
is Aphrodite.
and beauty.

Yes or no, does this No, it does not.

sentence correlate to the This is because if this sentence were to correlate than Jaylyn in the
phrase “if there is a will, sentence would have signed up for the talent show no matter what.
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there is a way”.
Jaylyn wanted to sign up
for the talent show at
school but didn’t.
sign up because he
wasn’t sure he could play
piano well enough.
to play a whole song.

Fact or opinion; Sparta

had two Kings in case
Fact.
one died in battle, the
Spartans first thought was their ability to win in wars.
other could lead the
army.

Activity 2: Constructing Multiple Binary-Choice Items (10 points)

A multiple binary-choice item is one in which a cluster of items is presented to students,

requiring a binary response to each of the items in the cluster. Refer to Figure 6.1 on page
164.

Item-Writing Guidelines for Multiple Binary-Choice Items (5 points for each item)
1. Phrase items so that a superficial analysis by the student suggests a wrong answer. (0.5
points for each item)
2. Rarely use negative statements, and never use double negatives. (0.5 points for each item)
3. Include only one concept in each statement. (0.5 points for each item)
4. Have an appropriately equal number of items representing the two categories being tested.
(0.5 points for each item)
5. Keep item length similar for both categories being tested. (0.5 points for each item)
6. Separate item clusters vividly from one another. (0.5 points for each item)
7. Make sure that each item meshes well with the cluster’s stimulus material. (2 points for each
item)

Please make two multiple binary-choice items for your learning segment. (2 * 5 = 10 points)

Question Answer(s)

True or False:
Suppose you are a
Spartan, are these four-
sentences true or false to
the Spartan way of life?
1. Male Spartans must leave home when they are only seven
years old. (True)
2. The women in Sparta had to go to school, stay home and
cook and clean. (False)
3. In the City State of Sparta there was a council made up of
eight elders and the two kings. (True)
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4. Sparta was called an open society because it conducted a

lot of business with other parts of Greece. (False)

1. Zeus sent Hermes to summon everyone to the great hall.

(True)
Are the following
2. Dionysus is the new god Zeus announces, and the god of
sentences about the gods
wine, pleasure, and theater. (True)
and goddesses true or
3. Ares is the god of Fire, and the blacksmith to the gods.
false?
(False)
4. Athena is the god of Love and Beauty. (False)

Activity 3: Constructing Multiple-Choice Items (20 points)

The first part of a multiple-choice item is referred to as the item’s stem. The potential answer
options are described as item alternatives. Incorrect alternatives are typically referred to as
item distractors. Refer to Figure 6.2 on page 167.

Two common ways of creating multiple-choice items are to use an item stem that is either (1)
a direct question or (2) an incomplete statement.

Item-Writing Guidelines for Multiple-Choice Items (2.5 points for each item)
1. The stem should consist of a self-contained question or problem. (0.5 points for each item)
2. Avoid negatively stated stems. (0.5 points for each item)
3. Do not let the length of alternatives supply unintended clues. (0.5 points for each item)
4. Randomly assign correct answers to alternative positions. (0.5 points for each item)
5. Never use “all of the above” but do use “none of the above” alternatives to increase item
difficulty. (0.5 points for each item)

Please make four direct-question form, multiple-choice items and four incomplete-statement
form multiple-choice items for your learning segment. (8 * 2.5 = 20 points)

Question Answer(s)

Who did the ancient A. The farmers, the shepherds, and the seafarers.
Greeks believe created or B. The Olympian gods and goddesses. (correct)
controlled certain things C. Zeus, and Aphrodite
that happened in nature? D. The kings of Sparta
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What are the three A. Farming, shepherding, and seafaring (correct)

different jobs the people B. Kings, warriors, and nannies.
have in the various city C. Farmers, kings, and artists.
states of ancient Greece? D. Artist, philosophers, and musicians.

A. A dependent city that needs the support of the surrounding

area
B. A city that is cut off from the rest of the city states.
What is a city state?
C. An independent city and the surrounding area it control
(Correct)
D. Each one of the cities, without support.

A. They all were dependent on each other to survive.

B. Each city-state believed that war was the correct answer.
What did the city-states
C. Each city-state had the same government style
have in common?
D. They shared the same language and attended the Olympic
Games (Correct)

Zeus asked Hermes to

______ all the gods and Summon
goddesses.

Hephaestus is the god of

fire, and the ________ to Blacksmith
the gods.

The _______ Games

were held in honor of the
Olympic
god Zeus, king of the
gods.

Myron was a _____ and

Pindar was a ____ who 1. Sculptor
travelled to the Olympic 2. Poet
Games in a Carriage.

Activity 4: Constructing Matching Items (10 points)

A matching item consists of two parallel lists of words or phrases requiring the student to
match entries on one list with appropriate entries on the second list. Entries in the list for
which a match is sought are referred to as premises. Entries in the list from which selections
are made are referred to as responses. Refer to Figure 6.3 on page 173.

Item-Writing Guidelines for Matching Items (5 points for each item)

1. Employ homogeneous lists. (1 point for each item)
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2. Use relatively brief lists, placing the shorter words or phrases at the right. (1 point for each
item)
3. Employ more responses than premises. (1 point for each item)
4. Order the responses logically. (1 point for each item)
5. Describe the basis for matching and the number of times responses may be used. (1 point
for each item)
6. Place all premises and responses for an item on a single page. (N/A)

Please make 2 matching items for your learning segment. (2 * 5 = 10 points)

Question Answer(s)

Match the God or Goddess to power of nature that they

control. Place the correct letter in front of the number on
the blank line.

__1. The God of war

__2. The Goddess of wisdom and war.
__3. The Goddess of beauty and love.
__4. The queen of Gods.
__5. The God of wine, pleasure, and theater. J. 1
__6. The King of the Gods and lightening. I. 2
__.7 The God of the Sea. H. 3
__8. The Goddess of plants and harvest. G. 4
__9. The God of fire, and the blacksmith to the Gods. F. 5
__10. The tricker Zeus sent on a mission to summon all E. 6
the Gods and Goddesses. D. 7
C. 8
A. Hermes B. 9
B. Hephaestus A. 10
C. Demeter
D. Poseidon
E. Zeus
F. Dionysus
G. Hera
H. Aphrodite
I. Athena
J. Ares

Match the correct letter to the number on the line based D. 1

on the best fitting vocabulary word to fit in the sentence. A. 2
B. 3
__1. All Spartan men _____ in the Spartan army and E. 4
lived in army camps. C. 5
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__2. The word Spartan today is to describe something

that takes a great deal of ______.
__3. The Spartans fought a long war of _____ against a
city.
__4. To pass laws, there was a _____ made up of
twenty-eight elders and two kings.
__5. We use the word _____ today to describe
something difficult that requires you to be strong.

A. Self-discipline
B. Conquest
C. Spartan
D. Permanently
E. Council