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True-False Test Items

The document outlines the structure and guidelines for creating effective true-false test items, highlighting advantages and disadvantages of this format. It provides specific recommendations for crafting clear, concise statements and variations like true-false correction and yes-no questions. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of avoiding common pitfalls such as using extreme modifiers and negatively stated items to enhance the reliability and validity of assessments.

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True-False Test Items

The document outlines the structure and guidelines for creating effective true-false test items, highlighting advantages and disadvantages of this format. It provides specific recommendations for crafting clear, concise statements and variations like true-false correction and yes-no questions. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of avoiding common pitfalls such as using extreme modifiers and negatively stated items to enhance the reliability and validity of assessments.

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True-False Test Items

CBA Writing Assessments


True-False Test Items
•A true or false question consists of a statement that
requires a true or false response.
•There are other variations of the True or False format as
well, such as: “yes” or “no”, “correct” or “incorrect”, and
“agree” or “disagree” which is often used in assessment.
True-False Test Items

•Advantages:
• Can test large amounts of content
• Students can answer 3-4 questions per minute

•Disadvantages:
• They are easy
• It is difficult to discriminate between students that know the
material and students who do not
• Students have a 50-50 chance of getting the right answer by
guessing
• Need a large number of items for high reliability
Guide in making True-False Test Items
Topic: TVET Trainer Role Module

1. Base true-false items upon statements that are


absolutely true or false, without qualifications or
exceptions.

Undesirable: Desirable:
Read the following statments and answer by Read the following statments and write (T) if
True or False. the statement is True, and (F) if it is False in the
provided place
In 1945, United Nation was established as an
organisation promoting governmental On the 24 October 1945, United Nation was
cooperation. ...... established as an organisation promoting
governmental cooperation.....
Guide in making True-False Test Items

2. Express the item statement as simply and as clearly


as possible.
Undesirable: Desirable:
Read the following statments and write (T) if the Read the following statments and write (T) if the
statement is True, and (F) if it is False in the provided statement is True, and (F) if it is False in the provided
place place

Workforce Development Authority as an The governement of Rwanda


institutional framework to provide a initiated Workforce Development
strategic response to the skills
Authority in 2008. .......
development challenges facing the
country across all sectors of the
economy was initiated by The
Government of Rwanda in 2008. .......
Guide in making True-False Test Items

3. Express a single idea in each test item.


Undesirable: Desirable:
Read the following statments and Read the following statments and
write (T) if the statement is True, and write (T) if the statement is True, and
(F) if it is False in the provided place (F) if it is False in the provided place
Most of the Qualification Frameworks
being implemented in Rwandan Rwandan TVET Qualification Framework
education system should be the is one of the Qualification Frameworks
Rwanda TVET Qualifications Framework being implemented in Rwanda. ……..
and REQF. …….
Guide in making True-False Test Items

4. Include enough background information and


qualifications so that the ability to respond correctly
to the item does not depend on some special,
uncommon knowledge.
Undesirable: Desirable:
The south african education system The TVET launched in South Africa on 30
Througth the Further education and May 2012 when public FET colleges
training colleges amandment bill”(B24 changing into TVET colleges. ............
2012), Public FET colleges are redifined
TVET colleges in South Africa since
2012. ................
Guide in making True-False Test Items

5. Avoid the use of extreme modifiers or qualifiers.

Undesirable: Desirable:
Advanced general certificate is certainly Advanced general certificate is the
the award at completion of 12 years award at completion of 12 years Basic
Basic Education.. (T) Education... (T)
Extreme Modifiers: Qualifiers:
all none no one usually frequently often
always never best sometimes some seldom
only nobody certainly many much probably
Invariably absolutely worst a majority apt to most
absolutely not everybody everyone might a few may
certainly not unlikely
Guide in making True-False Test Items

6. Avoid lifting statements from the text, lecture or


other materials so that memory alone will not permit
a correct answer.

Undesirable: Desirable:
The trainer acts as a coach If learners are monitored
when students are in group work, a trainers
involved in project work…T plays a role of a coach….T
Guide in making True-False Test Items

7. Avoid using negatively stated item statements.


Undesirable: Desirable:
The trainer does not The trainer have a
have a complete complete control when
control when it comes it comes to pace of
to pace of session…. session….
Guide in making True-False Test Items

8. Avoid the use of unfamiliar vocabulary.


Undesirable: Desirable:
The lower secondary The lower secondary
education conclude by taking a education conclude by taking a
national advanced level national advanced level
national interrogation. national examination.
Remember…
• Determine that the questions are appropriately answered by “True” or
“False” rather than by some other type of response, such as “Yes” or
“No.”

• Arrange the statements so that there is no discernible pattern of answers


(such as T , F, T, F, T, F and T, T, F, F, T, T, F, F) for True and False
statements.

• Avoid the tendency to add details in true statements to make them more
precise. The answers should not be obvious to students who do not know
the material.

• Be sure to include directions that tell students how and where to mark
their responses.
Variations in Writing True-False Test Items
1. The True-False-Correction
• In this variation, true-false statements are presented with a key word or
brief phrase that is underlined.

Example: Write True if statement is correct otherwise underline the


word(s) which makes the statement false.

One of the roles of a trainer in the community pertain to personal lives of


the trainers including family obligation, learners’ interests, hobbies, social
membership and so on. /F

TVET Certificate 1 includes learning in experiential situations to the


achievement of basic tasks, with varying support. True
continuation

1. The True-False-Correction
• This type of item is more thorough in determining whether students actually
know the information that is presented in the false statements.

• While a student might correctly guess that a statement is false, no credit


would be given unless the student could change the statement to a true one
by writing word/words to replace underlined word(s).

Example: Read the following statments and answer by true all false. If false,
replace the word which makes it false to become True.
The governement of Rwanda initiated Workforce Development Authority in
2009.......F, the Correct word is 2008.
Continuation

2.The Yes-No Variations

Example:

Write Yes if the statement is True


and No if the statement is False
within the provided space.

When trainer encourages students


to participate and make suggestions,
he/she is playing a role of
prompter…… Yes
The head quarter of Rwanda
Polytechnic is located in Kicukiro
District, Kicukiro sector...NO
Continuation

2.The A-B Variations


• This present question for which the same two answers apply. The
answers are categories of content rather than true-false or yes-no.
This is another form of forced choice question because for each item
the student must choose between A and B.

Example: Indicate weather each type of question below is qualification levels or TVET certificate in
RTQF by circling (A) if it is a qualification level and (B) if it is a TVET certificate

A B Basic vocational skills


A B Diploma
A B Level 3
A B TVET Certificate I
A B TVET certificate II
A B
True-False Test Items: Aim for Higher Levels of Learning
• While true-false and other forced choice questions are generally
used to measure knowledge and understanding, they could also be
used at higher levels.

• Students could be provided with a set of information new to them,


perhaps a portfolio, set of data, or a written work of some type, then
asked various forced choice questions related to the content or the
presence/absence of certain characteristics in the work.
Continuation….

• In the final analysis… The true-false test is probably the best known of
the various types of objective test items. It is the easiest to construct
and at the same time the most abused. The students learn the
weaknesses that are inherent in many such items and are able to
obtain high scores by noting the grammatical construction, the choice
of words or other clues.
Continuation….

• The true-false test can be used effectively as an instructional test to


promote interest and introduce points for discussion. This perhaps
is the most important use for the plain true-false item. It is a
valuable type of test to use in giving short, daily quizzes that may
be used to motivate the students for a new assignment, to review a
previous lesson, to locate points to be retaught or to introduce
controversial points for class discussion.
Group activity (Exercise)
Within your specific trade, select one learning unit within Specific
module and formulate two different true-false questions for each
category.
Traditional True-False questions (2 questions)
True-False correction (3 questions)
The Yes-No variation (3 questions)
The A-B variation ( 3 questions)

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