ERIC Number: EJ1079140
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Nov
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Item-Writing Guidelines for Physics
Regan, Tom
Physics Teacher, v53 n8 p485-488 Nov 2015
A teacher learning how to write test questions (test items) will almost certainly encounter item-writing guidelines--lists of item-writing do's and don'ts. Item-writing guidelines usually are presented as applicable across all assessment settings. Table I shows some guidelines that I believe to be generally applicable and two will be briefly discussed here. The teacher may also encounter some guidelines that are not applicable in all assessment settings, or that can be applied to physics only with care. Two such guidelines, and their limitations, will be discussed as well.
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Construction, Guidelines, Science Instruction, Science Tests, Physics, Scientific Concepts
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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