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Effective Essay Test Writing Guidelines

Learn how to create essay test items that measure student knowledge accurately and maintain test reliability. Follow these suggestions to craft clear and impactful essay questions. Maximize learning objectives and enhance student comprehension.

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Effective Essay Test Writing Guidelines

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  1. ESSAY TEST Guidelines Presented by: Dayson

  2. Suggestions for writing essay test items • Prepare essay items that elicit the type of behavior you want to measure.Learning Objective: The student will be able to explain how the normal curve serves as a statistical model.Undesirable: Describe a normal curve in terms of: symmetry, modality, kurtosis and skewness.Desirable:Briefly explain how the normal curve serves as a statistical model for estimation and hypothesis testing.

  3. Cont…… • Phrase each item so that the student's task is clearly indicated.Undesirable: Discuss the economic factors which led to the stock market crash of 1929.Desirable: Identify the three major economic conditions which led to the stock market crash of 1929. Discuss briefly each condition in correct chronological sequence and in one paragraph indicate how the three factors were interrelated.

  4. Cont…… • Indicate for each item a point value or weight and an estimated time limit for answering. • Undesirable: Compare the writings of Bret Harte and Mark Twain in terms of settings, depth of characterization, and dialogue styles of their main characters.Desirable: Compare the writings of Bret Harte and Mark Twain in terms of settings, depth of characterization, and dialogue styles of their main characters. (10 points 20 minutes)

  5. Cont……… • Ask questions that will elicit responses on which experts could agree that one answer is better than another. • Avoid giving the student a choice among optional items, as this greatly reduces the reliability of the test.

  6. Let’s Have a Great Year!

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