The Art of Test Construction: Can You Make a Good Physics Exam by Selecting Questions from a Bank?
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| Title: | The Art of Test Construction: Can You Make a Good Physics Exam by Selecting Questions from a Bank? |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Tom Bramley, Victoria Crisp, Stuart Shaw |
| Source: | Research Matters. 2019 (27):2-8. |
| Availability: | Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Shaftesbury Road Cambridge CB2 8EA. Tel: 44-1223-553311; e-mail: directcs@cambridge.org; Web site: https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/our-research/all-published-resources/research-matters/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Physics, Science Tests, Science Instruction, Test Construction, Secondary School Students, Specialists, Test Items, Item Analysis, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
| ISSN: | 1755-6031 |
| Abstract: | In the traditional approach to constructing a GCSE or A Level examination paper, a single person writes the whole paper. In some other contexts, tests are constructed by selecting questions from a bank of questions. In this research, we asked experts to evaluate the quality of Physics exam papers constructed in the traditional way, constructed by expert selection of items from a bank, and constructed by computer selection of items from a bank. Anecdotal evidence suggested a "compilation" process would be detrimental to the quality of this kind of exam. We wanted to test whether in fact assessment experts could distinguish between tests that had been created in the traditional way, and those that had been compiled by selection from a bank, when they were unaware of the method of construction. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1418711 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In the traditional approach to constructing a GCSE or A Level examination paper, a single person writes the whole paper. In some other contexts, tests are constructed by selecting questions from a bank of questions. In this research, we asked experts to evaluate the quality of Physics exam papers constructed in the traditional way, constructed by expert selection of items from a bank, and constructed by computer selection of items from a bank. Anecdotal evidence suggested a "compilation" process would be detrimental to the quality of this kind of exam. We wanted to test whether in fact assessment experts could distinguish between tests that had been created in the traditional way, and those that had been compiled by selection from a bank, when they were unaware of the method of construction. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-6031 |
