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ERIC Number: EJ330110
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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True/False versus Short Answer Questions.
Cirn, John T.
College Teaching, v34 n1 p34-37 Win 1986
A comparison of the actual final grade distribution with what the grade distributions would have been had only the true/false components or the short-answer components been used is presented. The responses to a course evaluation survey that asked students to compare the two types of questions are summarized. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Constructed Response, Course Evaluation, Essay Tests, Higher Education, Objective Tests, Participant Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Surveys, Test Format, Testing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Pennsylvania State University; Short Answer Tests