FINAL REPORT (Alternative Response Test)

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ALTERNATIVE

RESPONSE ASSESSMENT IN
TEST LEARNING 1

PRESENTED BY
GROUP 4
Meet The Group

GILE, JACINT F. BARCOS, IVANN P. OMBOY, JINKY B.


Objectives

Analyze an alternative
response test.

Compare/Contrast the
advantages and
disadvantages of
alternative response test.

Distinguish alternative
response test.

Alternative
Response Test
It is a type of test that uses
declarative statements.
A unique type of multiple-choice
question.
A kind of test that only has possible
answers for each question.
Variation of Alternative
Response Test
Instead of selecting true or
Yes or No
false for each response, the
student writes, circles, or
makes a yes-or-no gesture.
DIRECTION: CHECK YES OR NO IN THE
TABLE BELOW TO ASSESS YOURSELF
HOW MUCH YOU UNDERSTAND THE
TOPIC DISCUSSED.

Do you agree
Yes No
with this

EXAMPLE Language
learning depends    
on listening

Your role as
listener is to  

show interest.
Students are asked to judge
whether a factual statement is
either true or false.
Wherein statements are
True or False &
presented with a key word or
True and False
brief phrase that is underlined. Correction Question
More thorough in determining
whether students actually know
the information that is presented
in the false statements.
It assess surface level knowledge,
but can be crafted to assess
higher order thinking.
EXAMPLE
TRUE OR FALSE
Instruction: Write T if the statement is TRUE and F if it is false.

_1. The Earth is the fourth planet from the sun.


EXAMPLE
TRUE OR FALSE CORRECTION QUESTION

Instruction: Identify the statement if it is true or false. Write TRUE if the statement
is true however, if it is false, underline the word/phrase which makes the
statement false. Write the correct word/phrase on the space provided.

_1. Venus is the 4th planet in the solar system.


_2. Sun is the biggest star.

ANSWER:
MARS1. Venus is the 4th planet in the solar system.
TRUE 2. Sun is the biggest star.
Shows a question for which the
A-B Variation
same two answers apply
The answers are categories of
content rather than True-False
or Yes-No.
EXAMPLE
Instruction: Indicate whether each type of question below is a selection type or
a supply type by circling A if it is a selection , B if it is supply.

SELECTION SUPPLY TYPE


A B Multiple Choice
A B True-False
A B Essay
A B Matching
A B Short Answer
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

ADVANTAGES/DIS
ADVANTAGES OF
ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE TEST
It is time efficient.
Can be used in any content ADVANTAGES
area.
Quick and easy to score.
If constructed well, can be
highly reliable in assessing
student knowledge.
Students have a fifty-fifty
probability of answering the
item correctly.

Such items can only be created DISADVANTAGES


by lower levels of the Bloom’s
taxonomy, i.e., remembering
and understanding.

Feedback is limited since the


answers do not indicate why
the student chose a particular
answer.
GUIDELINES IN
CONSTRUCTION
GUIDELINES IN CONSTRUCTION
1. BASE THE ITEM ON A SINGLE IDEA.

2. WRITE ITEMS THAT TEST AN IMPORTANT IDEA.

3. AVOID LIFTING STATEMENTS RIGHT FROM THE TEXTBOOK.

4. MAKE THE QUESTIONS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.

5. STAMENTS OF OPINIONS SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO SOME


SOURCE.
GUIDELINES IN CONSTRUCTION
6. AVOID THE USE OF UNFAMILIAR VOCABULARY.

7. STATE ITEMS POSITIVELY.

8. BEWARE OF DETECTABLE ANSWER PATTERNS.

9. DO NOT GIVE A HINT IN THE BODY OF THE QUESTION.

10. BE SURE TO INCLUDE DIRECTIONS THAT TELL STUDENTS


HOW AND WHERE TO MARK THEIR RESPONSES.
QUIZ
INSTRUCTION: WRITE T IF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE.
OTHERWISE, WRITE F IF THE STATEMENT IS FALSE. WRITE
YOUR ANSWER ON THE SPACE PROVIDED.
_1. THERE ARE 2 VARIATIONS OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TEST.

_2. ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TEST CONSISTS OF DECLARATIVE


STATEMENTS.

_3. IT IS OKAY TO NOT INCLUDE DIRECTIONS THAT TELL


STUDENTS HOW AND WHERE TO MARK THEIR RESPONSES.

_4. ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TEST IS A TYPE OF TEST THAT


OFTEN REQUIRE A BRIEF RESPONSE AND TO TEST YOUR ABILITY
TO RECALL IMPORTANT FACTS.

_5. THERE IS 51:49 PROBABILITY THAT STUDENTS CAN GUESS


THE ITEM’S ANSWER CORRECTLY.
INSTRUCTION: WRITE T IF THE STATEMENT IS TRUE.
OTHERWISE, WRITE F IF THE STATEMENT IS FALSE. WRITE
YOUR ANSWER ON THE SPACE PROVIDED.
_6. ONE OF THE DISADVANTAGES OF AN ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE TEST IS IT CAN BE USED IN ANY CONTENT AREA.

_7. ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE


TEST IS IT IS TIME-EFFICIENT.

_8. IN CONSTRUCTING AN ALTERNATIVE TEST IT MUST NOT


INCLUDE AN OPINION STATEMENT.

_9. THIS TYPE OF TEST IS NOT RELIABLE.

_10. THE A-B VARIATION SHOWS A QUESTION FOR WHICH THE


SAME TWO ANSWERS APPLY AND THE ANSWERS ARE
CATEGORIES OF CONTENT RATHER THAN TRUE-FALSE.
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You

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