Types of test and Test construction

Guidelines: True or False & Multiple-

Choice Test

By: Ashleya & Jamica

 LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Learners will be able to recognize and
You'll be skilled at checking and
distinguish between True or False and
01 Multiple-Choice tests, understanding
their unique features and purposes.
03 making questions better for a fair and
reliable test.

ou'll be able to create clear and

02 simple True or False questions,

following the rules.
Constructing a True
or False Test
What is a True or False Test?
A true/false test is a test consisting of a series of
statements to be marked as true or false.
 BINOMIAL-CHOICE TESTS ARE TESTS THAT HAVE ONLY TWO OPTIONS
SUCH AS TRUE OR FALSE, RIGHT OR WRONG, WELL OR BETTER OR SO ON

A MODIFIED TRUE-FALSE TEST AN OFFSET OF GUESSING BY REQUIRING

STUDENTS TO EXPLAIN THEIR ANSWER AND TO DISREGARD A CORRECT
ANSWER.
SOME RULES OF THUMB IN CONSTRUCTING
TRUE-FALSE ITEMS:
01 RULE 1: DO NOT GIVE A HINT IN THE BODY OF THE QUESTION.

Question: "True or False - William Shakespeare wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'.

RULE 2: AVOID USING THE WORD "ALWAYS" "NEVER" "OFTEN" AND OTHER ADVERBS
02 THAT TEND TO BE EITHER ALWAYS TRUE OR ALWAYS FALSE

Question: "True or False - Shakespeare always wrote in Old English."

RULE 3:. AVOID LONG SENTENCES AS THESE TEND TO BE "TRUE". KEEP SENTENCES
03 SHORT.

Question: "True or False - Charles Dickens, the famous English author, wrote 'A Tale
of Two Cities' during the Victorian era, a time known for significant social changes.”
SOME RULES OF THUMB IN CONSTRUCTING
TRUE-FALSE ITEMS:
RULE 4: AVOID TRICK STATEMENT WITH SOME MINOR MISLEADING WORD OR SPELLING ANOMALY,
04 MISPLACED PHRASES ETC. A WISE STUDENT WHO DOES NOT KNOW THE SUBJECT MATTER MAY
DETECT THIS STRATEGY AND THUS GET THE ANSWER CORRECTLY.

Question: "True or False - The protagonist of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was named Scout Finch,
and the story was set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama."

RULES 5: AVOID QUOTING VERBATIM FROM REFERENCE MATERIALS OR TEXTBOOK. THIS PRACTICE
05 SENDS WRONG SIGNAL TO THE STUDENTS THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO MEMORIZE THE TEXTBOOK
WORD AND THUS, ACQUISITION OF HIGHER LEVEL THINKING SKILLS ARE NOT GIVEN DUE
IMPORTANCE.

Question: "True or False - In 'Romeo and Juliet,' Juliet is talking about the light from a window
in the famous balcony scene."
SOME RULES OF THUMB IN CONSTRUCTING
TRUE-FALSE ITEMS:
RULE 6: AVOID SPECIFIC DETERMINERS OR GIVE-AWAY QUALIFIERS. STUDENT QUICKLY
06 LEARN THAT STRONGLY WORDED STATEMENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE FALSE THAN TRUE.

Question: "True or False - 'Macbeth' is considered one of the tragic plays written by Shakespeare."

RULE 7: WITH TRUE OR FALSE QUESTION, AVOID A GROSSLY DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER

07 OF EITHER TRUE OR FALSE STATEMENTS OR EVEN PATTERNS IN THE OCCURRENCE OF TRUE
AND FALSE STATEMENTS.
Balanced Test: True
False
True
False
True
MULTIPLE CHOICE
TESTS
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS PROVIDE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS FROM
WHICH STUDENTS SELECT THE BEST ANSWER. THE FORMAT OF A
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS:

THE STEM: WHICH IS THE INTRODUCTORY QUESTION, OR AN

INCOMPLETE STATEMENT

THE OPTIONS: CONSISTING OF THE CORRECT ANSWER, AND

THE INCORRECT ANSWERS (DISTRACTORS).
A MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST USUALLY HAS DOZENS OF QUESTIONS OR "ITEMS." FOR
EACH QUESTION, THE TEST-TAKER IS SUPPOSED TO SELECT THE "BEST" CHOICE
AMONG A SET OF FOUR OR FIVE OPTIONS. (THEY ARE SOMETIME CALLED
"SELECTED- RESPONSE TESTS".)
GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTING MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS

AVOID COMPLEX OR AWKWARD WORD

01 DO NOT USE UNFAMILIAR WORDS,

TERMS AND PHRASES 03 ARRANGEMENT. ALSO, AVOID USE OF NEGATIVES IN
THE STEM AS THIS MAY ADD UN- NECESSARY
COMPREHENSION DIFFICULTIES.

DO NOT USE MODIFIERS THAT ARE VAGUE AND DO NOT USE NEGATIVE OR DOUBLE NEGATIVE AS

02 WHOSE MEANING CAN DIFFER FROM ONE PERSON

TO THE NEXT SUCH AS MUCH, OFTEN, USUALLY
04 SUCH STATEMENTS TEND TO BE CONFUSING. IT IS
BEST TO USE SIMPLER SENTENCES THAT WOULD
ETC. REQUIRE EXPERTISE IN GRAMMATICAL
CONSTRUCTION.
EACH ITEM STEM SHOULD BE AS A SHORT AS

05 POSSIBLE; OTHERWISE YOU RISK TESTING MORE

FOR READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS.
GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTING MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS

THE LENGTH, EXPLICITNESS, OR DEGREE OF

06 DISTRACTERS SHOULD BE EQUALLY

PLAUSIBLE AND ATTRACTIVE. 08 TECHNICALLY OF ALTERNATIVES SHOULD NOT BE
THE DETERMINANTS OF THE CORRECTNESS OF THE
ANSWER.

AVOID STEM THAT REVEAL THE ANSWER TO

07 ALL MULTIPLE CHOICE OPTIONS SHOULD BE
GRAMMATICALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE STEM. 09 ANOTHER ITEM.

10 AVOID ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH

OTHERS OR THOSE THAT INCLUDE OR OVERLAP OTHERS.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION USUALLY INCLUDE A PHRASE
OR STEM FLOWED BY THREE TO FIVE OPTIONS:

READ THE DIRECTION CAREFULLY

PREVIEW THE TEST

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 WHAT CAN MULTIPLE-CHOICE
ITEMS BE USED FOR?

Multiple-choice items are best used for checking whether students

have learned facts and routine procedures that have one, clearly
correct answer. However, an item may have two reasonable answer
options. Therefore, test directions usually ask test takers to select the
"best" answer.
Thank
you!
BY: ASHLEYA CAÑETE
JAMICA PATILANO