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Effective Strategies for Test and Survey Design in Education

This article discusses best practices for creating tests and surveys, including types of questions, feedback methods, and review processes to enhance assessment outcomes. It emphasizes the importance of relevance, accuracy, and clarity to facilitate evaluations.

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Effective Strategies for Test and Survey Design in Education

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  1. Technology for Data Collection While Facilitating Assessments and Evaluations Eleanor Hamilton EDU/697 Capstone: A project Approach Dr. Keith Pressey December 23, 2013

  2. Test or Survey include • Activities that provide feedback • Indicates how learners understand the • activity • Meeting their goals and objective. (Horton, 2012)

  3. Reasons for Testing • Gather information effectiveness. • Measure students’ mastery or outcome • Provide rapid feedback to students • Provide tangible cumulative data of student achievement (Callahan & Meixner)

  4. Why test? • Motivate learners • Diagnose learners skills and knowledge • Provide for future assignments • Help learners excel (Horton, 2012)

  5. Make them Relevant Make them Accurate • Why are you testing/surveying? • What Information is needed to move forward • Reinforce or measure learning • Validity & Reliable • Do learners know the information that is being asked? • Do questions align with the objectives? Creating a Test or Survey

  6. Measure Accomplishments • Discriminating Task • What can those who meet the objective do that those who do not meet the objective cannot do? • Test Activity • How can learners prove they meet the objective? • Resources • What media and technology to choose? (Horton, 2012)

  7. Types of Questions • True/False • Multiple Choice • Fill-in-the Blanks • Matching • Sequence • Essay

  8. Effective Questions Include • KISS (keep it simple) • Clarity • Precision • Positive phrasing • Avoid leading questions • Meaning • Challenge (Horton, 2012)

  9. Tips for Questions • Ask questions that are Simple and to the point • Cover all the options in multiple choice • Avoid offering too few or too many options. (Oriola, 2012)

  10. Provide Feedback Immediately • Grade the tests • Identify learners mistakes • Show further learning needs • Adapt to the learners (Horton, 2012)

  11. Explain the Test • Prepare the learners • Provide rules and regulations • Clearly state time frame • State expectations (Horton, 2012)

  12. Review • Test early and often • Use the right type of questions to get desired information • Provide timely feedback • Provide grading information upfront (Horton, 2012)

  13. References Callahan, M., & Meixner, M. (n.d.). How do I create tests for my students? Retrieved from http://www.tltc.ttu.edu/teach/TLTC%20Teaching%20Resources/Documents/How%20do%20I%20Create%20a%20Test%20for%20My%20Students%20white%20paper.pdf Horton, W. (2012). E-Learning by design. (2nd ed.). John Wiley and Sons San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.

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