Assessment tools for Affective Domain, Types of test items, Principles for constructing test items
1. Assessment Tools for Affective
Domain - Types of test items -
Principles for constructing test
items
Dr.S.Govindaraj
Assistant Professor
Adhiparasakthi College of Education,
Kalavai @GovindarajS PhD
3. Assessment Tools for Affective
Domain
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5. Attitude Scales
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∆ Setting a scale to
provide a basis for
assigning a
numerical value to a
person’s attitude
∆ Scale – Nominal,
Ordinal or interval
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Thurstone Scale
• Consists of items with which the
respondenthas either to agree or
disagree
• Only those items with which the
agree are scored
Likert Scale
Five or seven point scale
Aim was to eliminate the
unreliability of using
intermediary judges in scale
construction
Attitude Scales
9. Motivation Scales
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® instruments to measure the motivation
level of students toward learning
® Used to identify sources and level of
motivation among individuals
® Deals with interaction, valueing, relation
between other people, society, interest
and help
10. Motivation Scales
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Intrinsic motivation
® to know and learn
® Achievement and accomplishment
® Experience stimulation and engagement
Extrinsic motivation through rewards and
constraints
Self regulation
Internalization of extrinsic motives
Failure to connect consequences with actions
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True-False
• Test a large
body of
material
Cover a
wide range
of topics
Matching
• Connecting
contents of
one list to
contents in
another list
Easy to
score
Multiple
choice
• Four or five
alternative
response
Measures a
varietyof
levels of
learning
Completion
items
Presented in
the form of
questions or
phrases
Cover a wide
range of
content
Objective Test items
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Restricted Response
• Brief answers
• Specific learning outcome
• More ease of assessment
Extended Response
• Focus on major concepts of
content
• Measures knowledge at higher
cognitive levels
• Expose individual difference in
attitude, value and creative
thinking
Subjective Test items
