RE: "poor test-takers?"

[Peterson, Douglas]

I remember completing a similar exercise in a principles of college teaching class.  In fact I think of it every time I write a test so as to make sure that I don't have "give aways" like those on this exam.  Now for my question - am I hurting good testwise students because I make sure to avoid these situations (I won't mention them until Rick posts the answers)?   Doug   Doug Peterson Associate Professor of Psychology The University of South Dakota Vermillion SD 57069 (605) 677-5295 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -----Original Message----- From: Rick Froman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 4:23 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: "poor test-takers?"   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] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]