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About Chuck Brickman
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I can assist with questions about classroom management and discipline, practices and procedures, special education, lesson plan development, proactive teaching strategies, researched based teaching methodologies, instructional methods, integration of technology, standards based learning, mainstreaming, ADD, ADHD, IEPs, parent involvement, team teaching, staff issues and professional development.
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College, middle school and elementary school teacher. Certified teacher in special education and elementary comprehensive. Educational consultant.
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A.A. University of the State of New York
B.A. Indiana University
M.A. California State University
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Current candidate for National Board Certification in Exceptional Needs
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You are here: Experts > Parenting/Family > Special Education > Teaching Advice > Tests
Expert: Chuck Brickman
Date: 7/13/2006
Subject: Tests
Question
Hello and thank you for volunteering. I use to write curriculuum for the Navy. I recall we had received direction on writing tests. They referenced something about proper test question, like avoid true/false questions (they can trick the mind into believeing the wrong answer). I also remember issues about match and so on. Do you know of any such issues and where I could get the info.?? Thanks
Answer
Hi Ed,
Thanks for writing. Actually, developing test questions is a field unto itself. Here are a couple of web sites that will get you started:
http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/dme/Exams/ITQ.html
http://bemyers.ifas.ufl.edu/Papers/Developing%20Test%20Questions.doc
The issues you mention are indeed valid. Additionally, you'll want to include additional distractors on multiple choice questions. On multiple choice, once answer is usually way off base (distractor), another answer may be close to the correct answer, and finally, the correct answer.
Actually, the type of question is partially based on the skill/knowledge level you are trying to ascertain and the readiness level of the student. Bloom's taxonomy is the guiding consideration when determining difficulty of question and thus, the nature of the question or assessment.
You might want to do a google search using one or all of the following:
"developing test questions"
"preparing test questions"
"designing test questions"
You'll come up with a plethora of data regarding question design.
Hope this helps. Let me know if I can be of further help.
Chuck
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