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PowerPoint Presentation TESTING TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DESIGNING MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS Start with Test Specifications  Addresses curriculum objectives in terms of performance (can do)  Outline of t[.]

TESTING TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FOR DESIGNING MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS Start with Test Specifications  Addresses curriculum objectives in terms of performance (can do)  Outline of the test  Skills and topics to be included  Item types and tasks  Elicitation and response formats for items  Number of items in each section  Time allocation and plan for scoring Advantages of Multiple Choice Items • • • • • • • Good discrimination among levels of ability High reliability Valid indicators of overall language ability Highly practical: convenient administer Well-established producers to analyze items Writing ability does not affect performance Cost-effective format – easy scoring and grading • Familiarity of students with MCQs Disadvantages of Multiple Choice Items • Tendency to treat words as independent linguistic units • Difficulty in construction • Field-testing, analysis, refinement required • 25% chance of guessing correctly • Items may test knowledge of distracters • Wrong answer may result from lack of understanding of syntax (English) • Permits only limited sampling of total knowledge • Tests only recognition knowledge • Restrict what can be tested • Washback may be harmful • Cheating may be facilitated Terminology Every multiple choice item has a stem, which presents a stimulus and several options or alternatives to choose from One of these options, the key, is the correct response The others serve as distractors TEST TASKS GRAMMAR SelectedLimited response tasks production tasks •Multiple-choice •Gap –filling •True/false •Cloze •Matching •Short answer •Discrimination •Dictation activities •Word list activities •Information tranfer •Grammatically judgment activities •Dialogue •Noticing activities completion Extendedproduction tasks •Essays, summaries •Dialogues, interviews •Role-plays, simulations •Stories, reports •Information-gap •Problems-solving •Decision making VOCABULARY Matching items Matching format Blank-filling/ completion Multiple-choice matching Sentence-writing READING AND LISTENING Cloze Multiple Choice Short Answer Editing Sequencing Information Transfer