Chapter 6

COMPLETION AND SHORT – ANSWER ITEMS

T.THEVISVARI A/P RAMNAIDU

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SARASVATHY A/P MUTHIAH
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COMPLETION &
SHORT ANSWER
ITEM
COMPLETION AND SHORT –
ANSWER ITEMS
 Most common test format used at all grade levels in
school.
 Require answer as brief as a single word or as long
as a sentence.
 There are several forms of short-answer question.
a) Completion item – incomplete sentence with a
blank at the end
b) Short answer item – question and short answer
c) Fill in the blanks – expected provide answer in the
space provided
 CRITERIA
O FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
O NORM REFERENCE TEST
O HIGH RELIABILITY
O HIGH VALIDITY
 WRITING EFFECTIVE
COMPLETION &
SHORT ANSWER ITEM
 CONTENT STANDARD

3.1 Breathing process in humans.

LEARNING STANDARD:

Pupils are able to:

3.1.1 State that human use nose, trachea and
lungs to breathe through observations using
various media.
At the end of the lesson pupils are
able to state the respiratory
process of human correctly with
teacher's guidance.
 Attributes desired in short
answer-item
1. The item should measure the skill or
knowledge that it was designed to measure
2. The item can be answered by a few words, a
phrase or a sentence.
3. The reading level for the item is appropriate
for the students.
4. The correct answer to this item will be single
or a very limited set of responses.
5. The blank in the item represents a keyword or
phrase
 Attributes desired in short
answer-item
6. The number of blanks in the question is
sufficiently limited to avoid confusion.
7. The items are worded somewhat differently than
the material was worded in the text or in class.
8.The item requiring a numerical response, the
unit of measurement should be specified.
9.The blank should be placed at, or near, the end
of question.
10. Each blank should have the same length.
11. The items should be designed to make scoring
efficient.
COMPLETION TEST ITEM
1. Omit only significant words
from the statement
O UNDESIRABLE
The waste ______ release from the lung is carbon
dioxide
product

DESIRABLE
The waste product release from the lung is ________
carbon dioxide
2. Do not omit many words from statement
that the intended meaning is lost
UNDESIRABLE
During ___________, the air contain ____________. During
exhalation the air contains ____________.
inhalation, oxygen, carbon dioxide

DESIRABLE

During inhalation, the air that taken in contain ____________.

During exhalation the air that given out contains ____________.

Oxygen, carbon dioxide

3. Avoid obvious clues to the correct
response
UNDESIRABLE
Tiny air sacs in the lungs called as an _______
alveolous

DESIRABLE

Respiratory rate is number of chest movement in

a(n) ____________
alveolous
4. Be sure there is only one correct
response
UNDESIRABLE
The waste product release from _____________
are water wapour and carbon dioxide

DESIRABLE
The waste product release from lungs
_____________
are water wapour and carbon dioxide
5. If possible, put the blank at the end of a
statement rather than at the beginning
UNDESIRABLE
______ is humans breathing organ
Lung

DESIRABLE

Human's breathing organ is _______

lung
SHORT ANSWER TEST ITEM
 ITEM 5
O Diagram below shows the path of air during
inhalation.

Nose R Lungs

What is R?
Trachea