The aim of the present study was to examine Turkish teacher candidates’ competency levels in writing different types test items by utilizing Rasch analysis. In addition, effect expertise raters scoring written candidates examined within scope study. 84 participated study, which conducted using relational survey model, one quantitative research methods. Three experts rating process: an expert ed...

Identify the effect of an educational design according to repulsive (allosteric) learning model on achievement chemistry and lateral thinking. The sample consisted (59) students from third-grade intermediate students. They were randomly distributed into two groups (experimental control), equivalence was done in (chronological age, previous chemistry, intelligence, thinking). (30) experimental g...

Abstract In this paper, we aim to account for the distribution and interpretation of a novel class free choice items in Romanian, which refer as additive (ADD-FCIs). We show that internal composition ADD-FCIs, well their distribution, differs from attested other paradigms discussed literature. Morphologically, ADD-FCIs are more complex variant regular universal FCIs, by virtue an additional mor...

Two experiments investigated how the type and timing of feedback influence learning from a multiple-choice test. First, participants read 12 prose passages, which covered various general knowledge topics (e.g., The Sun) and ranged between 280 and 300 words in length. Next, they took an initial six-alternative, multiple-choice test on information contained in the passages. Feedback was given imm...