Alternative Response and Analogy

Alternative Response
It is an objective test that requires the learner to select an answer from the given two alternative option such as yes or no, true or false, agree or disagree, plus and minus and many other alternative forms.

What is a true or false question?

A true false questions is a speciali!ed form of the multiple choice format in which there are only two possible alternatives. "hese questions can be used when the test designer wishes to measure a student#s ability to identify whether statements of fact are accurate or not.

$%amples of a "rue or &alse 'uestion

*irection + Write , if the statement is true and - if false. *o not guess right minus wrong. % (.)alidity is the degree to which the test measures what it purports to measure

- .. /ontent validity is the e%tent to which the test measures a theoritical trait. - 0. /ontent validity is appropriate for personality test.

*irection+ Write " if the statement is true and & if the statement is false then change the underlined word to ma1e it correct. (. $lectrons are larger than molecules. .. 2ount 3ilimanjaro is the largest mountain in the world. (. " .. & 2t. $verest

Suggestions for writing true-false questions:

4tate the instructions or directions clearly. Include only one main idea in each item. "he items should be carefully constructed so that the language is within the level of students, hence, flowery statements are avoided. 4tatements that are partly right and partly wrong should be avoided.

 5enerally avoid the use of words which would signal the correct response to the test wise student. Absolutes such as 6none6, 6never6, 6always6, 6all6, 6impossible6 tend to be false, while qualifiers such as 6usually6, 6generally6, 6sometimes6 6often6 are li1ely to be true.

Analogy
Is an assessment tool that measures the ability of the learner to spot the similarity, dissimilarity and connections between any given object or word to another object or word in a given set.

$%amples of Analogy
4ynonym Relationship (. "all is to high as difficult is to+ .. $asy 7. "ough 0. /. 4imple 8. *. Amenable

 Antonym Relationship .. 4mall is to big as intelligent is to+ A. 7rainy /. Irrational 7. /lever *. 4ensible

 /ause $ffect Relationship 0. 4mo1e is to fire as water is to+ A. 7ath /. 5lass 7. Wet *. Wash

4uggested 5uidelines
"he item must contain at least one set of paired words while the missing term or word is in the other set. $%+ 5rammatical Relationship

9en is to hens as cat is to+ A. /ats 7. /atses /. /at:s *. /at

 If blan1 is used for what is missing, the length must not give a clue to an answer.
$%ample

"hing ;<lace Relationship if boo1 is to library as 1nife is to ====== A. <oc1et 7. 3itchen /. <late *. )ase 4ound Relationship If *og is to arf as 7ird is to ======== A. "wit 7. 5oar /. 2eow *. "u1o tu1o

 "he item must be followed by at least 8 and equal number of options that are homogenous. $%+ 4ound Relationship /at is to meow as cow is to+ A. 2oo /. Arf 7. "wit *. "u1o tu1o

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