CHEMISTRY
EDUCATION:
RESEARCH AND PRACTICE IN EUROPE
2000, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 323-328 |
SHORT
REVIEW OF RESEARCH
(INVITED CONTRIBUTION*)
Assessment |
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Alex
H. JOHNSTONE and Abdullah AMBUSAIDI
University of Glasgow, Centre for Science Education
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FIXED
RESPONSE: WHAT ARE WE TESTING?
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ABSTRACT:
Objective testing is playing a larger part in higher education. This
paper sets out to look critically at this form of assessment in the
light of research so that examiners can take a more informed view of
the technique. [Chem. Educ. Res. Pract. Eur.: 2000, 1, 323-328]
KEY
WORDS: assessment; objective testing; multiple choice questions;
higher education
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Editor's note: This paper was to be part of the Invited Symposium on
Assessment of the 5th ECRICE, but Prof. Johnstone was unable to present
it at the Conference. The initial title was 'Towards invalidity in assessment'.
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