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Writing Test Items to Evaluate Higher Order Thinking
Thomas M. HaladynaArizona State University West

ISBN-10: 0205178758
ISBN-13:  9780205178759

Publisher:  Allyn & Bacon
Copyright:  1997
Format:  Paper; 272 pp
Published:  07/22/1996
Status: Instock


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Here’s a book intended to help readers develop better test questions — aimed at measuring their students’ or future students’ higher level thinking abilities such as writing, reading, mathematical or scientific problem solving, critical thinking, and creative thinking.

  • Practical in its approach — replete with examples.
  • Focuses on many different question types with the main objective being to select the item type most appropriate for the material being measured.
  • Covered multiple-choice items, designing performance test items, creating and scoring portfolios, and writing survey items.
  • Provides item-writing templates in each chapter.
  • Provides practical advice on evaluating and improving the items the reader is already writing (Part III).



Preface.

I. FOUNDATIONS FOR ITEM WRITING.

1. Overview of the Book.

2. What We Measure with Test Items.

3. Item Formats.

II. WRITING TEST ITEMS.

4. Multiple-Choice Formats.

5A. High-Inference Performance Formats — Writing Items.

5B. High-Inference Performance Formats — Scoring.

6. Low-Inference Performance Formats.

7. The Portfolio: Collections of Student Work.

8. Affective Survey Formats.

III. EVALUATING TEST ITEMS.

9. Reviewing Test Items.

10. Statistical Analysis of Item Responses.

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