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Full podcast episode available here: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BusyProfessionall // Spotify: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/busyprofessional // Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/busy-college-university-professors-the-best-books-reviews/id1798708020 — Follow us for more insights & updates: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/busy_proffesional/ — TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@busyprofessional"The College Instructor’s Guide to Writing Test Items" offers practical guidance for educators on creating effective assessments, particularly multiple-choice questions, to accurately measure student learning. The book emphasizes aligning test items with learning objectives and provides a framework for developing test blueprints to ensure a balanced evaluation of content and cognitive skills. It explores various test item formats, offering insights into their strengths and weaknesses, and details specific guidelines for constructing high-quality multiple-choice items, including avoiding common flaws and assessing higher-order thinking. Furthermore, the guide discusses the use of learning management systems and resources like Proola for item development and peer review, concluding with methods for analyzing test results to improve both assessment practices and instructional strategies.
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