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Developing and using tests effectively : a guide for faculty, Lucy Cheser Jacobs, Clinton I. Chase

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"It is estimated that up to 20 percent of a professor's time is spent evaluating the impact of instruction. Yet most faculty receive little formal training in classroom testing or other means of determining which students have attained course objectives and which have not. Developing and Using Tests Effectively offers practical guidelines that faculty members can use to improve their skills in the development, administration, and grading of classroom tests." "This book offers specific how-to advice on every stage of the testing process, including planning the test and classifying objectives to be measured, ensuring the validity and reliability of the test, and grading to arrive at fair grades based on relevant data." "Lucy Jacobs and Clinton Chase examine the strengths and weaknesses of many types of tests, including both traditional (multiple-choice, true-false, matching, completion, and essays) and alternative (take-home, open-book, and oral) assessment procedures. For every testing procedure, they show how faculty members can write tests that are fairer and more valid and that do a better job of measuring what students learn - thereby improving faculty members' ability to assess learning outcomes." "The authors reveal, for example, how essay tests may often measure only the skill of the grader in assessing what the writer has said - and offer suggestions for improving the instructor's skill in reading essays and scoring them reliably. They discuss the problem of cheating and suggest ways to deal with it. They examine the advantages and limitations of using computers for classroom testing. And they describe such alternative assessment procedures as portfolios, journals, and peer testing."--Jacket
Language
eng
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Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xx, 231 pages
Contents
  • Testing in the college classroom
  • Planning the test
  • Reliability and validity
  • Multiple-choice items
  • True-false, matching, and completion items
  • Essay examinations
  • Alternative assessment procedures
  • Administration of the test
  • Computer-assisted testing
  • Item analysis
  • Grading
Isbn
9781555424817
Link
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781555424817.pdf
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Developing and using tests effectively : a guide for faculty
Title
Developing and using tests effectively
Title remainder
a guide for faculty
Statement of responsibility
Lucy Cheser Jacobs, Clinton I. Chase
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Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"It is estimated that up to 20 percent of a professor's time is spent evaluating the impact of instruction. Yet most faculty receive little formal training in classroom testing or other means of determining which students have attained course objectives and which have not. Developing and Using Tests Effectively offers practical guidelines that faculty members can use to improve their skills in the development, administration, and grading of classroom tests." "This book offers specific how-to advice on every stage of the testing process, including planning the test and classifying objectives to be measured, ensuring the validity and reliability of the test, and grading to arrive at fair grades based on relevant data." "Lucy Jacobs and Clinton Chase examine the strengths and weaknesses of many types of tests, including both traditional (multiple-choice, true-false, matching, completion, and essays) and alternative (take-home, open-book, and oral) assessment procedures. For every testing procedure, they show how faculty members can write tests that are fairer and more valid and that do a better job of measuring what students learn - thereby improving faculty members' ability to assess learning outcomes." "The authors reveal, for example, how essay tests may often measure only the skill of the grader in assessing what the writer has said - and offer suggestions for improving the instructor's skill in reading essays and scoring them reliably. They discuss the problem of cheating and suggest ways to deal with it. They examine the advantages and limitations of using computers for classroom testing. And they describe such alternative assessment procedures as portfolios, journals, and peer testing."--Jacket
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Jacobs, Lucy Cheser
Dewey number
378.1/661
Index
index present
Language note
In English
LC call number
LB2366.2
LC item number
.J33 1992
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
LB 2366.2 J17d 1992
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Chase, Clinton I
Series statement
The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
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  • Universities and colleges
  • Educational Measurement
  • Teaching
  • Universities
  • Universités
  • Student assessment
  • Test construction
  • Testing
  • University students
  • Academic achievement
  • Computer assisted testing
  • Educational testing
  • Essay tests
  • Multiple choice tests
  • Objective tests
  • Scoring
  • Test format
  • Test items
  • Item analysis
  • Universities and colleges
  • United States
Label
Developing and using tests effectively : a guide for faculty, Lucy Cheser Jacobs, Clinton I. Chase
Link
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781555424817.pdf
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Testing in the college classroom -- Planning the test -- Reliability and validity -- Multiple-choice items -- True-false, matching, and completion items -- Essay examinations -- Alternative assessment procedures -- Administration of the test -- Computer-assisted testing -- Item analysis -- Grading
Control code
ocm25914273
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xx, 231 pages
Isbn
9781555424817
Lccn
92019335
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o25914273
  • (OCoLC)25914273
Label
Developing and using tests effectively : a guide for faculty, Lucy Cheser Jacobs, Clinton I. Chase
Link
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781555424817.pdf
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Testing in the college classroom -- Planning the test -- Reliability and validity -- Multiple-choice items -- True-false, matching, and completion items -- Essay examinations -- Alternative assessment procedures -- Administration of the test -- Computer-assisted testing -- Item analysis -- Grading
Control code
ocm25914273
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
xx, 231 pages
Isbn
9781555424817
Lccn
92019335
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o25914273
  • (OCoLC)25914273

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