Free-Response and Multiple-Choice Items [microform] : Measures of the Same Ability? / Randy Elliot Bennett and Others
- Bib ID:
- 5594639
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Bennett, Randy Elliot
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED395972
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990
- 41 p.
- Summary:
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This study examined the relationship of multiple-choice and free-response items contained on the College Board's Advanced Placement Computer Science (APCS) examination. Subjects were two samples of 1,000 randomly drawn from the population of 7,372 high school students taking the 1988 examination of the APCS "AB" form. Most were high school seniors, most were male, and most were white. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the fit of a two-factor model where each item format marked its own factor. Results showed a single-factor solution to fit the data best in each of the two random-half samples. This finding might be accounted for by several mechanisms, including overlap in the specific processes assessed by the multiple-choice and free-response items and the limited opportunity for skill differentiation afforded by the year-long APCS course. Appendix A contains an example of the scoring rubric, and Appendix B presents a sample correlation matrix. (Contains 2 figures, 6 tables, and 21 references.) (Author/SLD)
- Notes:
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Ability
- Advanced Placement
- College Entrance Examinations
- Factor Structure
- Goodness of Fit
- High School Students
- High Schools
- Measurement Techniques
- Multiple Choice Tests
- Scoring
- Student Placement
- Test Construction
- Test Items
- Test Use
- Advanced Placement Examinations (CEEB) Free Response Test Items
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis
- Other authors/contributors:
- Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
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