By Brenda B.

Corpuz

Characteristics of a Good Test

Validity

Reliabil ity Test

Objecti vity

Scorabi lity

Admini strabilit y
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Types of Test According to Response

Multiple choice

Selected Response-Type
Alternate Response Matching

Completion

Short Answer

Constructed Response Type

Essay

Problemsolving

Essay Factor

Short T-F/, Matchi Answe ng, r Multip le

1. Takes little time to prepare 2. Measures higher mental process

3. Provides for broad content sampling 4. Measures application in novel situation 5. Provides for adequate sampling of objectives 6. Measures originality
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Essay Factor

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Essa y Short

Factor
Answ er 1.Measures Pupils ability to select, organize and synthesize his ideas and express him coherently 2.Discourage bluffing 3.His potential diagnostic value 4.Answers cannot be deduced by process of elimination 5. Can be rapidly scored

T-F/, Matchin g, Multiple

6. Can be scored by machine or by an untrained person

7. Scoring is reliable 8. Independent of verbal articulation
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Exercise T rue or False

1. Baguio City is the province of Benguet and is

the national capital of the Philippines. 2. Manila Bay sunset is the finest sunset in the Philippines. 3. Tuberculosis is not a non-communicable disease. 4. All bacteria cause disease. 5. The Philippine Constitution is better than the Malaysian Constitution.
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Exercise
6. The Raven was written by Edgar Allen Poe. 7. The postulation of capillary effectuation promotes elucidation of how pliant substances ascend in incommodious veins. 8. Many voted for Mr. Roxas last election. 9. All boys develop later than girls. 10. Developmental patterns acquired during early childhood are not unchangeable. 11. Executives usually suffer from hyperacidity. 12. Twelve-Year basic education is good for the PFilipino children.
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Exercise
13. The teachers in the rural areas should be first to receive salary increases. 14. Here is a pattern of T-F answers. 1. T 7.F 2. F 8. F 3. F 9. F 4. F 10. F 5. F 11.F 6. F 12.F
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Exercise
14. Here is a set of answers : 1. T 6. F 2. F 7. T 3. T 8. F 4. F 9. T 5. T 10. F 15. Teacher makes a True-False test item by lifting a statement as is from a textbook.

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Exercise Multiple Choice

1. A figure that has eight sides is called an

A. pentagon C. octagon B. quadrilateral D. heptagon 2. Clay can be used for A. making hollow blocks B. making pots C. garden soil

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3. Jesus taught that the greatest attribute of God is

A. justice

C. sin B. Power D. love 4. How do you check whether an egg is fresh or not? A. By the smoothness of the shell B. There is a shadow when it is seen against a candle light. C. It sinks in water. D. It moves when shaken.
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Exercise
5. The Roman Empire A. had no central government. B. had no definite territory . C. had no common religion. D. had no heroes. 6. As compared to the autos of the 1960s, autos in the 1980s A. traveling slower C. to use less fuel B. bigger interiors D. contain more safety measures E. was less constructed in foreign countries
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Exercise
7. Which of the following is category in Blooms cognitive taxonomy of objectives? A. Creating C. All of the above B. Rote learning D. None of the above 8. Jose Rizal was born on A. June 11, 1861 C. June 19, 1861 B. June 19, 1869 D. June 16, 1861

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Exercise Matching Type of Test

Column A
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Column B
Sides Eight-sided polygon Ten-sided polygon Close plane figure Polygon made of 3 segments Polygon with 4 equal segments G. Five-sided polygon H. A triangle with 2 equal sides I. A six-sided polygon
A. B. C. D. E. F.
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Poly Triangle Pentagon Square Decagon Hexagon Isosceles triangle Octagon Gons Circle

In Column I are works and writings in American literature and in Column 2 are their authors. Write the letter of the author which corresponds to his work on the blank provided before each author. In some cases, an answer mat be repeated.

Column 1
____1. The Alhambra ____2. The Pioneers ____3. The Guardian Angel ____ 4. Two Years Before the Mast ____ 5. Moby Dick ____ 6. The World in a Man of War ____7. The Last of the Mohicans ____ 8. The American Scholar ____ 9. The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table ____10. Tom Sawyer

Column B2
A. Cooper
B. Dana C. Emerson D. Holmes E. Irving F. James G. Melville

H. Mark Twain ( Clemens)

I.

Wharton

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Exercise Completion Test

1. The _____ produced by the _____ is used by the

green _____ to change the ______ and _____ into _____. This process is called_______.

2. Ernest Hemingway wrote _______.

3. ______ is an example of a leafy vegetable. 4. Jose Rizal was born on June _____, 1861.
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Exercise- Completion
5. A word that describes a noun or a pronoun is an _____. 6. An action word is called a ____. 7. That which is made up of sentences related to a topic sentence is called a __________________.

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Exercise- Essay
1. Write down everything that you learned from

this course.
2. What are the factors that affect the development

of children?
3. What is genetic engineering ?

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For Discussion
In an essay question, teacher B asked her students to illustrate their answer. Some students gave a drawing, others gave an example. Referring to the guidelines on writing essay questions what was wrong with her essay question? 2. While the students were answering the essay question , several students kept on going back to the teacher to clarify the question What may be wrong with question? 3. While taking the essay test, a student asked the teacher : How many points each, Maam? What did the question lack?
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Guidelines for Wring Essay Questions

1.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Make directions specific, indicating just what the student is to write about. Write several sentences of directions, if necessary. Word each question as simply and as clearly as possible. Use a vocabulary within the level of the student. Avoid excessive verbiage since it may confuse the student. Allow sufficient time for students to answer the questions. Determine in advance how much weight will be given to each part of the question. Ask questions that require HOTS .
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2 Types of Essay Questions

1. Restricted 2. Non-restricted /Extended

Classify 1. What is the most critical stage in the development of a child? 2. Produce 5 examples of simile referring to family members. 3. List the 4 food groups and give two examples for each.
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Exercise
Restricted or Non-restricted/Extended ? 4. Discuss the possible consequences of the hostage that took place in the Quirino Grandstand last Monday, August 23, 2010. 5. Appraise a classmates English composition on the basis of its organization . 6. Compare and contrast the major assumptions underlying psychoanalytic and humanistic approaches to psychology.
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Some Thought Questions for Essay Questions

Comparing - Describe the similarities and differences between - Compare the following methods for 2. Relating cause-and- effect - What are the major causes of . - What would be the most likely effects of 3. Justifying - Which of the following alternatives would you favor and why? - Explain why you agree or disagree with the ff. statement.
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Thought Questions

4. Summarizing - State the points included in - Briefly summarize the contents of 5. Generalizing - Formulate several valid generalizations from the following data. - State a set of principles that can explain the following events.

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Thought Questions

6. Inferring - In the light of the facts presented , what is most likely to happen when - How would Senator X be most likely to react to the hostage drama last Monday? 7. Classifying
-Group the following items according to - What do the following items have in common ?
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Thought Questions

8. Applying

- Using the principles of ___ as guide , describe how you would solve the following problem situation. - Describe a situation tat illustrates the principle of ___. 9. Analyzing - Describe the reasoning errors in the following paragraphs . - List and describe the main characteristics of
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Sample Thought Questions

10. Evaluating - Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the following - Using the criteria developed in class , write an evaluation of . 11. Creating - Make up a story describing what would happen if - Design a plan to prove that - Write a well-organized report that shows
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