Anselm refers to those who believe that God merely exists in the mind as fools because of the language used in…

These instructions apply to questions 63–68. Instructions: Study the sample multiple-choice questions presented. Decide whether the stem presents a meaningful problem that stands by itself.  If yes, select “OK”.  If not, select “Not OK”. If you decide the item stem is not OK, rewrite the stem to improve it. 

The self-report technique is likely to provide the most valid evidence when used to assess students’ ________.

For Plato, the lowest form of knowledge (epistemology) is:

The author of Scandalous Obligation suggests that a particular question found in a Biblical story is one of the oldest ethical questions and has resonance throughout human history.  What is that question?

Are the response options for this item working as expected?

These instructions apply to questions 53–57. Instructions:  The alternative response question shown below was prepared for use in a science test. The intended correct answer is “False”. Evaluate this item in terms of how well it complies with the textbooks guidelines for writing this type of test item. Then answer the questions below. Item to analyze: True  or  False         Dolphins are the fastest and kindest creatures in the ocean.

A prerequisite skill that is most likely to lessen the validity of scores obtained from many context-dependent (interpretive) exercises is the students’ ________.

Questions 77-79 pertain to the matching item below. The matching item shown below was designed to assess the indicated learning objective: Learning Objective: Classifies examples and non-examples based on the test purposes. Matching Item to Analyze: _________ Identify the learning difficulties of students so they might be remediated. _________ Not an objective test. Authentic or alternative assessments. _________ Determine student ability before beginning instruction. _________ Assess learning achievement at the end of instruction in order to assign grades. A. Placement B. Summative C. Formative D. Performance   Consider the objective/item pairing above. Then answer the two questions that follow.  

A major advantage of developing criteria for judging performance prior to task administration is that this can ________.