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Objective tests as we use them are multiple choice: uestions are presente! alon" with a number o# options, or choices, #or $ou to choose #rom% there is no subjective ju!"ement e&ercise! b$ the e&aminer when assessin" the mar' "iven #or the answers in an objective test% the answers are either ri"ht or wron"% there are several advantages and disadvantages to subjective tests:
Objective tests as we use them are multiple choice: uestions are presente! alon" with a number o# options, or choices, #or $ou to choose #rom% there is no subjective ju!"ement e&ercise! b$ the e&aminer when assessin" the mar' "iven #or the answers in an objective test% the answers are either ri"ht or wron"% there are several advantages and disadvantages to subjective tests:
Objective tests as we use them are multiple choice: uestions are presente! alon" with a number o# options, or choices, #or $ou to choose #rom% there is no subjective ju!"ement e&ercise! b$ the e&aminer when assessin" the mar' "iven #or the answers in an objective test% the answers are either ri"ht or wron"% there are several advantages and disadvantages to subjective tests:
Version: Provisional What are objective tests? Objective tests as we use them are multiple choice: uestions are presente! alon" with a number o# options, or choices, #or $ou to choose #rom% Onl$ one o# these options is the correct answer% There is no subjective ju!"ement e&ercise! b$ the e&aminer when assessin" the mar' "iven #or the answers in an objective test% The answers are either ri"ht or wron"% There are several #ormats #or objective tests but $ou will be "iven onl$ tests o# the multiple choice t$pe% Contrast this with tra!itional subjective tests% T$picall$ subjective tests are compose! o# several multipart uestions, a selection o# which must be attempte! b$ $ou, the test can!i!ate% These tests usuall$ reuire $ou to !o a #air amount o# writin"% There are several advantages and disadvantages to subjective tests: (isa!vanta"es (epen!ence on presentation% )# $ou have ba! han!writin" the e&aminer ma$ be unable*unwillin" to stru""le in or!er to un!erstan! $our answer% Conversel$, $ou ma$ present a well lai! out an! planne! answer that contains a lot o# +wa##le+ or ha,$ 'nowle!"e, $et receives a "oo! mar'% -acilit$ in writin"% +Those who write #luentl$, spee!il$ an! whose #low o# thou"ht comes easil$, have an a!vanta"e over those who thin' more slowl$ .but possibl$ more !eepl$/ an! those who write with less #acilit$ .but possibl$ with better ualit$ content/%+ p%29, +Objective Testin" in 0!ucation an! Trainin"+, 1% 2onne$ 3ust 4uestion evasion% )# there are several uestions in a subjective test, onl$ some o# which must be answere!, then it is possible #or the can!i!ate to avoi! uestions in areas o# the curriculum in which the$ are wea'% )t also #ollows that as can!i!ates are #ree to choose a subset o# the test uestions, it becomes !i##icult to compare can!i!ates as the$ are e##ectivel$ ta'in" !i##erent tests% 4uestion Spottin"% 5 "oo! strate"$ #or preparin" to ta'e a subjective test is to loo' at past papers% Can!i!ates soon spot recurrin" uestions on speci#ic topic areas so that it becomes possible to onl$ revise some o# the s$llabus an! still obtain a respectable "ra!e% Variation in mar'in"% This is possibl$ the "reatest !isa!vanta"e to a subjective test: inconsistenc$ in subjective assessment% 3esearch6 has shown that e&perience! e&aminers awar! wi!el$ var$in" mar's not onl$ on the same piece o# wor' mar'e! b$ other e&aminers, but on their own mar'e! scripts re7mar'e! a#ter a passa"e o# time% 6 +5n 0&amination o# 0&aminations+, 8arto" an! 3ho!es Advantages 9nli'e objective tests, subjective tests can !emonstrate the can!i!ates abilit$ to marshall material an! present it in a lo"ical or!er% Subjective tests allow a can!i!ate to e&press ori"inalit$ o# thou"ht% Subjective tests allow the can!i!ate to !emonstrate their abilit$ to !evelop an ar"ument% )n a!!ition, subjective tests allow the e&aminer to assess the can!i!ate:s ualit$ o# written e&pression% Summary One the criticisms ma!e o# objective tests is is the assertion that the$ simpl$ test $our abilit$ in #actual, or memor$ recall% 8owever $ou will be as'e! to answer multiple choice uestions coverin" all the material in the s$llabus an! coverin" the whole ran"e o# intellectual s'ills% To 'now more about this $ou shoul! consult 2loom:s Ta&onom$% Objective tests have man$ more in!ivi!ual uestions than a subjective test% This means that the whole o# the course s$llabus will be covere! an! $ou, an! we, will 'now i# $ou or the class as a whole are havin" an$ !i##iculties in an$ particular topics covere! b$ the course% Objective Testing: Bloom's taxonomy )n his boo', Ta&onom$ o# 0!ucational Objectives Pro#essor 2loom !erive! a list o# intellectual s'ills that coul! be assesse! b$ care#ull$ constructe! uestions%
;nowle!"e 3ecall the #acts an! concepts% Comprehension 9n!erstan! what the #acts an! concepts mean% 5pplication 5ppl$ the un!erstan!in" o# #acts an! concepts in a "iven situation% 5nal$sis 0&tract #rom a conte&t the #acts $ou nee! to 'now% S$nthesis Combine #acts an! concepts $ou un!erstan! to achieve a speci#ie! "oal% 0valuation 5ssess a situation where 'nowle!"e is partial an! ambiuous%