Partial Knowledge in Multiple-Choice Testing

Ali Asghar Rostami Abusaeedi

دوره 5، شماره 14 ، آذر 1390، ، صفحه 41-56

چکیده
  The intent of this study was to discover the nature of (partial) knowledge as estimated by the multiple-choice (MC) test method. An MC test of vocabulary, including 20 items, was given to 10 participants. Each examinee was required to think aloud while focusing on each item before and while making a response. After each test taker was done with each item, s/he was required to provide answers to retrospective questions. The specific purpose of the questions was to elicit the examinees’ ‘systemic knowledge’ of each item (i.e., how much they knew ...  بیشتر