EDU 645 Week 3 Assignment (2nd Part)

Krysta Hucke

Start a new post in your blog that explains your thought process and rationale behind the test items and essay items. Use the textbook to support your decisions.

Essay questions and test items have been developed to reliably measure learning.  Reliability of test items and essay questions is important because results can be used to determine if students need additional instruction or if students are ready to move on to new objectives.

Essay Questions: Essay questions have been designed to give students a clear idea of what is expected of them. In giving students a clear idea of what is expected of them, I can better measure students’ learning (Kubiszyn & Borich, 2010). The essay questions are designed to test cognition in a way that integrates knowledge, learning, and imagination. In addition, essay questions have been designed to allow students to establish connections and form knowledge organization, which are important components of essay writing (Kubiszyn & Borich, 2010).  

Test Items: Test items have been designed to allow students to apply learning in a structured manner. To give added structure to the test questions, questions have only one correct answer (Kubiszyn & Borich, 2010). In designing test questions in this manner, I will be able to directly assess whether or not students are accomplishing the objectives. Test questions have been designed to be clear and focused on important concepts. In addition, test question have been designed to directly measure learning outcomes.   

References:

Kubiszyn, T. & Borich, G. (2010). Educational testing & measurement: Classroom application and practice (9th ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.