Hi All: I could be misremembering, but I thought these SAT study findings
concerned correlations, not means. That is, the key finding (if I'm
recalling correctly) was not that the mean scores didn't decrease without
the paragraphs, but that the test scores without the paragraphs didn't
predict any worse. Can anyone confirm? Again, I might be misrecalling the
results, so I'd like to hear from others.
....Scott
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From: "Annette Taylor, Ph. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: The bad multiple choice test
Hi Nancy:
Without time to look for it now, I know that there was a study that
examined the
SAT written portion--the part where you have to read a paragraph and then
answer questions about it--without having read the paragraph, just
answering
the questions that followed. The group that did this fared no worse than
the
group that read the paragraphs. The point was that the multiple choice
format
was not very good at demonstrating any learning based performance.
If I have time I'll try to do a database search or you can try various
keywords
like comprehension SAT test construction, etc.
Annette
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Hi folks,
I am doing a professional development presentation in about 2 weeks on
writing good multiple choice tests.
I'd like to do something interactive to start off. I vaguely remember
that
somewhere in the universe exists a "bad" MC test. One where almost anyone
with
a little test taking savvy can guess the correct answers without knowing
much
about the subject.
If anyone knows where I can download or buy this test, I'd be grateful.
Enjoy the rest of the week.
Nancy Melucci
Long Beach City College
Long Beach CA
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