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Matching Type

Questions

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Matching Type Test 

- These are used to measure the learner’sthinking at the lower levels of knowledge andcomprehension. They are relatively easy to

construct and can be corrected quickly. In amatching test there are usually two columns ofitems. !or each item in one column thestudents are required to select a correct item.

 The items may be names concepts placesphrases or events.

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Rules/Guidelines for Writing MatchingQuestions

".  The directions should be brief and clear.

#.  The entire matching questions should appearon a single page.

$. %lace shorter responses on &olumn '.

(.  )imit the number of items within each set.Ideally the minimum is *ve and the

ma+imum is ten per set.,.  There should be more items in column '

than there are items in column .

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. &olumn items should be numbered as they will begraded as individual questions and column ' itemsshould be lettered.

/. rrange the options and items alphabetically ornumerically.

0. ll responses in &olumn ' should be plausible answersto the premises in &olumn . 1therwise the test loses

some of its reliability because some answers will be2give-aways.3

4. 5very premise should have only one correct response.1bvious but triple-check to make sure each responsecan only work for one premise.

"6. 5nsure your premises don’t include hints throughgrammar 7like implying the answer must be plural8 orhints from word choice 7like using the term itself in ade*nition8.

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Advantages of Matching Type Test

".  The matching type test is simple to constructscore.

#. It reduces the e9ects of guessing.

$. &overs more content than multiple choice inone question.

(. llows the comparison of related ideasconcepts or theories.

,. :ood for covering topics that would haverepeating multiple choice questions.

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. ;elatively easy and quick to mark.

/. Takes away bias from marking especiallybias due to poor writing skills.

0. 5asily administered to a large number ofstudents.

4. %rovide scoring e

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Disadvantages of Matching Type Test

". It tends to ask students to associate trivialinformation.

#. =ses only knowledge 7lowest8 levelquestioning.

$. &an be di

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