Positive and Negative Multiple Choice Items: How Different Are They?.

Tamir, Pinchas

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ERIC Number: EJ471898

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1993

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Positive and Negative Multiple Choice Items: How Different Are They?

Tamir, Pinchas

Studies in Educational Evaluation, v19 n3 p311-25 Sep 1993

The performance of 254 Israeli twelfth graders on multiple-choice tests with positive or negative item stems was studied. For items requiring low cognitive reasoning, performance does not differ, but, for items requiring high cognitive reasoning, the negative mode is more difficult. Implications for test construction are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Admission (School), Biology, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, High School Students, High Schools, Multiple Choice Tests, Negative Forms (Language), Performance, Science Tests, Test Construction, Test Items, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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