1st Edition

The College Instructor's Guide to Writing Test Items Measuring Student Learning

By Michael Rodriguez, Anthony Albano Copyright 2017
172 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

172 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The College Instructor’s Guide to Writing Test Items: Measuring Student Learning addresses the need for direct and clear guidance on item writing for assessing broad ranges of content in many fields. By focusing on multiple-choice response items, this book provides college instructors the tools to understand, develop, and use assessment activities in classrooms in a way that consistently... Read more

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

  1. The Role of Testing in the College Classroom
  2. The Role of Learning Objectives
  3. Planning the Quiz or Test
  4. Writing MC Items
  5. Getting Practice and Feedback Online
  6. Example Items from Various Fields
  7. Using Test Results to Improve Item Writing, Teaching, & Learning

 

Biography

Michael C. Rodriguez is the Campbell Leadership Chair in Education and Human Development and Professor of Educational Psychology at The University of Minnesota, USA.

Anthony D. Albano is Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education and Human Sciences at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.