Construction of Criterion Test Items

Pre-test items, test items for use within the module and post-test items

Abstract: This module explains what a criterion item measures, the various question formats of a test item and how to evaluate the effectiveness of a module by comparing the pre- and post-test results.


Estimated Working Time
: 15 minutes


Prerequisites:

This is the second of five modules in the systematic design of modular instruction:

  • Objectives
    Criterion Test Items
  • Prerequisites
  • Sequencing of Instruction and Selection of Media
  • Pilot Testing and Revision of the Module


    Target Audience:
    Faculty, TAs, faculty developers, instructional designers, educational administrators or anyone who would like to be able to construct criterion test items that could be used not only in a module but in any teaching and learning situation.


    Name of the author of the module and her collaborators:

    Elizabeth Campbell, Instructional Designer, Centre for e-Learning, University of Ottawa
    Patricia Ambroise, Web Developer, Centre for e-Learning, University of Ottawa
    Steve Rokeby, Graphic Artist, Centre for e-Learning, University of Ottawa