Knowledge assessment: Squeezing information from multiple-choice testing.
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Partial Knowledge in Multiple-Choice Testing
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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1939-2192,1076-898X
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000041