scholarly journals A Close Look at the Relationship between Multiple Choice Vocabulary Test and Integrative Cloze Test of Lexical Words in Iranian Context

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Parviz Ajideh ◽  
Rajab Esfandiari
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Iranian Context ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cloze Test

The Relationship between Multiple Intelligences and Performance of EFL Students in Different Forms of Reading Comprehension Tests

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 1929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeed Zahedi ◽  
Elham Mottaghi Moghaddam
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Comprehension Tests ◽  
Cloze Test ◽  
Reading Comprehension Tests

The major aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between Multiple Intelligences (MI) scores and the performance of Iranian EFL students on different forms of reading comprehension tests. To this aim, 90 learners of English from Parax Institute of Science and Technology (Mashhad Branch) were selected. They were asked to complete MIDAS multiple intelligences questionnaire and a reading test, which included two tests formats (multiple-choice and cloze test). The result of the correlational study indicated that the total MI score correlated positively with performance on multiple-choice and cloze test. Out of its 8 sub-intelligences linguistic, intrapersonal, spatial, and mathematical intelligence correlated positively with multiple-choice test of reading. Performance on cloze test correlated positively with linguistic, spatial, and mathematical intelligence.  The results of regression equations also showed that MI scores predict both the performance on multiple-choice and cloze test. Out of its sub-intelligences, linguistic intelligence and musical intelligence predict performance on multiple-choice questions and linguistic intelligence predicts performance on cloze test.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Learning Styles and Academic Performance: Consistency among Multiple Assessment Methods in Psychology and Education Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3341
Author(s):  
Jesús Maya ◽  
Juan F. Luesia ◽  
Javier Pérez-Padilla
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Education Students ◽  
The Relationship

Universities strive to ensure quality education focused on the diversity of the student body. According to experiential learning theory, students display different learning preferences. This study has a three-fold objective: to compare learning styles based on personal and educational variables, to analyze the association between learning styles, the level of academic performance, and consistency of performance in four assessment methods, and to examine the influence of learning dimensions in students with medium-high performance in the assessment methods. An interdisciplinary approach was designed involving 289 psychology, early childhood education and primary education students at two universities in Spain. The Learning Style Inventory was used to assess learning styles and dimensions. The assessment methods used in the developmental psychology course included the following question formats: multiple-choice, short answer, creation-elaboration and an elaboration question on the relationship between theory and practice. Univariate analysis, multivariate analysis, and binomial logistic models were computed. The results reveal Psychology students to be more assimilative (theoretical and abstract), while early childhood and primary education students were evenly distributed among styles and were more divergent and convergent (practical) in absolute terms. In addition, high scores in perception (abstract conceptualization) were associated with a high level of performance on the multiple-choice tests and the elaboration question on the relationship between theory and practice. Abstract conceptualization was also associated with medium-high performance in all assessment methods and this variable predicted consistent high performance, independent of the assessment method. This study highlights the importance of promoting abstract conceptualization. Recommendations for enhancing this learning dimension are presented.

CORRELATION OF DIFFICULTY INDEX AND DISCRIMINATING INDEX IN MEDICAL STUDENT’S ASSESSMENT.

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
Bhoomika R. Chauhan ◽  
Jayesh Vaza ◽  
Girish R. Chauhan ◽  
Pradip R. Chauhan
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Discriminating Power ◽  
Good Discriminator ◽  
Difficulty Index ◽  
The Relationship

Multiple choice questions are nowadays used in competitive examination and formative assessment to assess the student's eligibility and certification.Item analysis is the process of collecting,summarizing and using information from students' responses to assess the quality of test items.Goal of the study was to identify the relationship between the item difficulty index and item discriminating index in medical student's assessment. 400 final year medical students from various medical colleges responded 200 items constructed for the study.The responses were assessed and analysed for item difficulty index and item discriminating power. Item difficulty index an item discriminating power were analysed by statical methods to identify correlation.The discriminating power of the items with difficulty index in 40%-50% was the highest. Summary and Conclusion:Items with good difficulty index in range of 30%-70% are good discriminator.

The relationship between non-functioning distractors and item difficulty of multiple choice questions: A descriptive analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
HamzaMohammad Abdulghani ◽  
Farah Ahmad ◽  
Abdulmajeed Aldrees ◽  
MahmoudS Khalil ◽  
GomindaG Ponnamperuma
Keyword(s):  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
The Relationship

Tweede Taalbeheersing Meten Met Een Multiple-Choice Cloze-Toets

1987 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 67-82
Author(s):  
W. Jochems ◽  
F. Montens
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Clear Correlation ◽  
Technical University ◽  
Psychometric Quality ◽  
Cloze Test

This article reports on empirical research on the psychometric quality of multiple-choice cloze-tests, specifically their validity. The command of Dutch as a second language of groups of foreign students who attended the course "Dutch for foreigners" at the Technical University of Delft was measured. There were high correlations between the scores on a number of multiple-choice cloze-tests and the achievement in (part of) a four-skills test. In addition a clear correlation was found between the degree of language pro-ficiency and the subjects' scores on a multiple-choice cloze-test. These results suggest that a subject's score on a good quality multiple-choice cloze-test is a good indicator of his proficiency in a second language.

scholarly journals The Construction of Two Types of Cloze Reading Tests for College Students

1972 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Garr Cranney
Keyword(s):  
Cross Validation ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Item Selection ◽  
Common Variance ◽  
Reading Tests ◽  
Selection Procedures ◽  
Validity Coefficient ◽  
Cloze Test

A machine-scorable multiple-choice cloze test based on college textbooks was administered to 100 sophomores who also took the Cooperative Reading Test, C-2, Form R. Validity coefficients of a long and a short form of the cloze test indicated about 26% of common variance with the comprehension section of the Cooperative Reading Test. Kuder-Richardson-20 reliability coefficients were .88 and .86 on the cloze test. A similar cloze test, but without the multiple-choice format, was constructed and shortened from 300 to 135 items. Elimination of the less effective items diminished both the reliability coefficient from .93 to .83 and the validity coefficient from .52 to .51. Further study of item selection procedures and cross validation was recommended.

Examining the Relationship between the Development of the Concept of Death and Overall Cognitive Development

1986 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Jenkins ◽  
John C. Cavanaugh
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Concept Development ◽  
Mental Development ◽  
Insufficient Data ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary ◽  
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
The Relationship

The present study was an attempt at replicating and extending previous findings regarding the development of the concept of death in children. Age, death concept development, general cognitive development, and background/experience variables were investigated with respect to their roles in death concept development. Thirty-two children between six and twelve years of age were given the Derry Death Concept Scale, the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and selected subtests from the Wechter Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised. Correlations indicated that level of death concept development was related to age and verbal-conceptual mental development. Socioeconomic status and death-related experience did not significantly affect death concept level, nor did gender or separation experience. There were insufficient data to investigate separation effects. Findings from the present study were discussed with respect to their implications for future inquiry.

scholarly journals New Indices for Refining Multiple Choice Questions

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariano Amo-Salas ◽  
María del Mar Arroyo-Jimenez ◽  
David Bustos-Escribano ◽  
Eva Fairén-Jiménez ◽  
Jesús López-Fidalgo
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Large Database ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Lack Of Fit ◽  
Question Item ◽  
Measure Reliability ◽  
The Relationship

Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are one of the most popular tools to evaluate learning and knowledge in higher education. Nowadays, there are a few indices to measure reliability and validity of these questions, for instance, to check the difficulty of a particular question (item) or the ability to discriminate from less to more knowledge. In this work two new indices have been constructed: (i) the no answer index measures the relationship between the number of errors and the number of no answers; (ii) the homogeneity index measures homogeneity of the wrong responses (distractors). The indices are based on the lack-of-fit statistic, whose distribution is approximated by a chi-square distribution for a large number of errors. An algorithm combining several traditional and new indices has been developed to refine continuously a database of MCQs. The final objective of this work is the classification of MCQs from a large database of items in order to produce an automated-supervised system of generating tests with specific characteristics, such as more or less difficulty or capacity of discriminating knowledge of the topic.

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