TOPIC: ENUMERATION & TRUE person taking the test must choose the

OR FALSE TEST correct one.

COURSE: SSE 302 Examples:

PREPARED BY: AMOR,  True or False

ANGELICA  Matching Type
 Multiple Choice
OBJECTIVES:

At the the end of the lesson, the students TRUE OR FALSE - an objective type

should be able to; test presented in a form simple

declarative statement, to which the
a. identify the enumeration and true student's respond indicating whether the
or false type of test; statement is true or false.
b. construct a true or false type of
test through "Makes me TYPES OF TRUE OR FALSE TEST

Perfect";and Simple True/False- identifying wether

c. evaluate the enumeration test the statement is true/false.
through "enumerate game".
Modified True/False- underlining the
ENUMERATION - is one wherein the word that made the statement wrong.
student has to list down parts or
True/False with Correction- if it is
elements/components of a given concept
false you write the correct answers.
or topic.

Cluster True/False- instead of writing

Guidelines:
true/false you will write T if it is true
 The exact number's of expected and write F if it is false.
answeres have to be specified.
SOME RULES OF THUMB IN
 Spaces for writing of answer's
CONSTRUCTING TRUE-FALSE
have to be provided and should
ITEMS;
be of the same length.
RULE1. DO NOT GIVE A HINT IN
Example:
THE BODY OF THE QUESTION.
Direction: List down or enumerate what
EXAMPLE:
are asked for each of the following:
×THE PHILIPPINES GAINED IT’S
TYPES OF COMPLETION TEST
INDEPENDENCE IN 1898 AND
1. THEREFORE CELEBRATED IT’S
2. CENTENNIAL YEAR IN 2000.
3.
✓The Philippines gained independence
SELECTION TYPE TEST- Answers from spanish colonization in 1896.
to the questions are supplied and the
RULE2. AVOID USING THE WORD
“ALWAYS” “NEVER” “OFTEN” AND
OTHER ADVERBS THAT TEND TO ✓The Principal of our school is Mr.
BE EITHER ALWAYS TRUE OR Albert P. Panadero.
ALWAYS FALSE.
RULE5. AVOID QUOTING
EXAMPLE: VERBATIM FROM REFERENCE
MATERIALS OR TEXTBOOK. THIS
×CHRISTMAS DAY FALLS
PRACTICE SENDS WRONG SIGNAL
ALWAYS ON SUNDAY BECAUSE IT
TO THE STUDENTS THAT IT IS
IS SABBATH DAY.
NECESSARY TO MEMORIZE THE
✓Christmas day is celebrated on TEXTBOOK WORD AND THUS,
December 25th in most parts of the ACQUISITION OF HIGHER LEVEL
world. THINKING SKILLS ARE NOT GIVEN
DUE IMPORTANCE.
RULE3. AVOID LONG SENTENCES
AS THESE TEND TO BE “TRUE”. EXAMPLE:
KEEP SENTENCES SHORT.
× Harriet Jacob writes " She sat down,
EXAMPLE: quivering in every limb.

× TEST NEED TO BE VALID, ✓ In incidents in the life of a slave girl,

RELIABLE AND USEFUL, Harriet Jacobs write a character
ALTHOUGH, IT WOULD REQUIRE experiencing intense emotions.
A GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME AND
RULE6. AVOID SPECIFIC
EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT TESTS
DETERMINERS OR GIVE-AWAY
POSSES THESE TEST
QUALIFIERS. STUDENT QUICKLY
CHARACTERISTICS.
LEARN THAT STRONGLY WORDED
✓Test need to be valid reliable and STATEMENTS ARE MORE LIKELY
useful. TO BE FALSE THAN TRUE

RULE4. AVOID TRICK STATEMENT STATEMENTS WITH “NEVER“,

WITH SOME MINOR MISLEADING “NO”, “ALL”, OR “ALWAYS”.
WORD OR SPELLING ANOMALY, MODERATELY WORD
MISPLACED PHRASES ETC. A WISE STATEMENTS ARE MORE LIKELY
STUDENT WHO DOES NOT KNOW TO BE TRUE THAN FALSE.
THE SUBJECT MATTER MAY STATEMENTS WITH “MANY”,
DETECT THIS STRATEGY AND “OFTEN”, “SOMETIMES”,
THUS GET THE ANSWER “GENERALLY”, “FREQUENTLY”,
CORRECTLY. OR “SOME” SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

EXAMPLE: EXAMPLE: × Solar energy is often used

as an alternative energy source.
× THE PRINCIPLE OF OUR SCHOOL
IS MR. ALBERT P. PANADERO ✓ Solar energy is an alternative energy
source.