Student Attitudes about MDT Multi-Digit Testing [microform] : Analyses from Pioneer Experiences / Paul S. Anderson
- Bib ID:
- 5492714
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Anderson, Paul S
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED296000
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987
- 25 p.
- Summary:
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A recent innovation in the area of educational measurement is MDT multi-digit testing, a machine-scored near-equivalent to "fill-in-the-blank" testing. The MDT method is based on long lists (or "Answer Banks") that contain up to 1,000 discrete answers, each with a three-digit label. Students taking an MDT multi-digit test mark the appropriate three-digit response on special answer sheets for machine scoring. As expected, attitudes about MDT multi-digit testing vary significantly among students at Illinois State University who participated in its pioneer usage. Data from questionnaires given in one semester to 1,440 students show that 41% had unfavorable attitudes toward the testing method, while the remainder were neutral (36%) or had favorable perceptions (23%). This paper examines 10 variables to determine which relate to favorable and unfavorable attitudes about the MDT multi-digit technique. Apart from instructor-related factors, the variables related to favorable attitudes toward MDT testing include greater familiarity/experience with the method and higher academic performance. Five figures are presented, and an appendix contains the survey used (the Survey of Student Opinions about Methods of Educational Testing). (Author/SLD)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council for Measurement in Education (Washington, DC, April 19-23, 1987). For a related document, see TM 011 912.
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