Group 1

TEST OF TRUE OR FALSE

1. Ameliya Adam
2. Fatria Mointi
3. Liswan Puteri Dai
4. Nadia Pratiwi Kasim
 TRUE or False
 True or False is alternative choice test in which
the student or examinee indicates whether each
of several statements is true or false.
 True or False Good for Knowledge level
content, Evaluating student understanding of
popular misconceptions and Concepts with two
logical responses.
 TRUE or FALSE
 Some alternative-response items to a true-false
item

 yes/no
agree/disagree
right/wrong
fact/opinion
 TRUE or False
 Advantages:
 Can test large amounts of content
 Students can answer 3-4 questions per minute

 Disadvantages:
 They are easy
 It is difficult to discriminate between students that know
the material and students who don't
 Students have a 50-50 chance of getting the right answer
by guessing
 Need a large number of items for high reliability
 TRUE or False
 Tips for Writing Good True/False items:

 Avoid double negatives.

 Avoid long/complex sentences.
 Use specific determinants with caution: never, only, all, none,
always, could, might, can, may, sometimes, generally, some,
few.
 Use only one central idea in each item.
 Don't emphasize the trivial.
 Use exact quantitative language
 Don't lift items straight from the book.
 Make more false than true (60/40). (Students are more likely to
answer true.)
 TRUE or False
 Strengths:
1 Useful when there are only two possible
alternatives
2 Less demand on reading than multiple-choice
3 A relatively large number of items can be
answered in a testing period
4 Complex items can be measured when used
with interpretive exercises
5 Scoring is easy, objective, reliable
 TRUE or False
 Limitations:
1 Difficult to make items beyond the
knowledge level free from ambiguity
2 Making an item false provides no evidence
that the student knows that is correct
3 No diagnostic info is provided by incorrect
answers
4 Scores are more influenced by guessing than
any other item type
 True or False
 Rules for writing True-False :

 1 Include only one central idea in each statement

 2 Keep the statement short and use simple vocabulary and

sentence structure

 3 Word the statement so precisely that it can unequivocally be

judged true or false

 4 Use negative statements sparingly and avoid double

negatives.
 True or False
 5 Statements of opinion should be attributed to
some source unless used to distinguish facts
from opinion.
 6 When cause-effect relationships are being
measured, use only true propositions
 7 Avoid extraneous clues to the answer
 8 Base items on introductory material to
measure more complex learning outcomes.
 REFERENCE
 Read more: http://
www.businessdictionary.com/definition/true-fa
lse-test.html
 People.uncw.edu (pdf)
 https
://quizlet.com/283820118/module-14-assessme
nt-item-writing-truefalse-matching-and-interpr
etive-flash-cards
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