Discussion 5

__2. Will Rogers stated, “I never met a man I didn’t like.”

__3. If a plane crashed on the Mexican-US border, half the survivors would be buried in Mexico and half in the United States.

__4. The use of double negatives is not an altogether undesirable characteristic of diplomats and academicians.

__5. Prayer should not be outlawed in schools.

__6. Of the objective items, true/false items are the least time consuming to construct.

__7. The trend toward competency testing of high school graduates began in the late 1970s and represents a big step forward for slow learners.

Section II – Completion

Instructions: Consider the following and use common sense to determine which are good (G) and which are poor (P)

__1. The evolutionary theory of ______ is based on the principle of ________.

__2. Columbus discovered America in ______.

__3. The capital of Mexico is ______.

__4. In what year did William J. Clinton become president of the United States? ______

__5. ______ blanks cause much frustration in ______.

__6. ______ was the first American to ______.

Section III - Multiple Choice

MC items are unique in that they enable the teacher to measure at the higher levels of taxonomy as well as at the basic knowledge level.

Instructions: Consider the following and use common sense to determine which are good (G) and which are poor (P)

__1. U.S. Grant was an

a. president

b. man

c. alcoholic

d. general

__2. In what year did humans first set foot on the Moon

a. 1975

b. 1957

c. 1969

d. 1963

__3. The free-floating structures within the cell that synthesize protein are called

a. chromosomes

b. lysosomes

c. mitochondria

d. free ribosomes

__4. The principal value of a balanced diet is that it

a. increases your intelligence

b. gives you something to talk about with friends

c. promotes mental health

d. promotes physical health

e. improves self-discipline

__5. Some test items

a. are too difficult

b. are objective

c. are poorly constructed

d. have multiple defensible answers

__6. Which of the following are not associated with pneumonia?

a. quiet breathing

b. fever

c. clear chest X-ray

d. a and c

e. b and c

__7. When 53 American were held hostage in Iran,

a. the United States did nothing to try to free them.

b. The United States declared war on Iran

c. the United States first attempted to free them by diplomatic means and later attempted rescue

d. the United States expelled all Iranian students

__8. the square root of 256 is

a. 14

b. 16

c. 4 x 4

d. both a and c

e. both b and c

f. all of the above

g. none of the above

__9. When a test item and the objective is intended to measure match in learning outcome and conditions, the item

a. is called an objective item

b. has content validity

c. is too easy

d. should be discarded