Re: "poor test-takers?"

[David Campbell]

OK, I think I got them all (although I'm still thinking about number 8).  Do we get an answer key? While this doesn't hit all the test-wise skills, it certainly is a clever way to introduce the topic--and might even have a place in whatever design this group comes up with. --Dave Rick Froman wrote: I have used the following quiz of testwiseness to illustrate common pitfalls in test writing to my Psych Testing students and colleagues. I don’t remember where I got it but I would be happy to give a proper attribution if anyone knows.   Testwise Exam   The following is a hypothetical examination on which you could get every item correct by knowing some of the pitfalls of test construction. See how well you can do! (Circle the letter preceding the correct response.)   1. The purpose of the cluss in furmpaling is to remove             a. cluss-prags                           c. cloughs             b. tremalis                                 d. plumots   2. Trassig is true when             a. lusps trasses the vom             b. the viskal flans, if the viskal is donwil or zortil             c. the begul             d. dissles lisk easily   3. The sigia frequently overfesks the trelsum because             a. all sigia are mellious             b. sigias are always vortil             c. the reelsum is usually tarious             d. no trelsa are feskable   4. The fribbled breg will minter best with an             a. derst                                     c. sortar             b. morst                                    d. ignu   5. Some of the reasons for tristal doss are             a. the sabs foped and the foths tinzed             b. the dredges roted with the orots             c. few racobs were accepted in sluth             d. most of the polats were thonced   6. Which of the following is/are always present when trossels are being gruven?             a. rint and vost                          c. shum and vost             b. vost                                      d. vost and plone   7. The mintering function of the ignu is most effectively carried out in connection with             a. razma tol                               c. the fribbled breg             b. the grossing stantol                d. a frally slush   8.         a.                                             c.             b.                                             d.   Rick Dr. Rick Froman Associate Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR  72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp     --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ___________________________________________________________________ David E. Campbell, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology Phone: 707-826-3721 Humboldt State University FAX: 707-826-4993 Arcata, CA 95521-8299 www.humboldt.edu/~campbell/psyc.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]