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ERIC Number: EJ336879
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Performance on 3-Choice vs 5-Choice MC Items that Measure Different Skills.
Kolstad, Rosemarie K,; And Others
Educational Research Quarterly, v10 n2 p4-8 1985-86
A biochemistry examination administered to 114 dental students consisted of 20 items that measured knowledge and 18 items that measured either comprehension or application. Each item was written with five choices, half the class being presented the original version, half a content-similar derivative that included three choices. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Dental Students, Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Learning Processes, Medical Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Format
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Distractors (Testing)