EDCI 943 Principles of College Teaching
Spring 2012
 Thorough
mastery of subject to be tested.
 Well-developed
rationale for deciding what is
most important to test.
 Understanding
of the students to be tested.
 Skill
in verbal communication.
 Skill
in writing test items.
Ask students only questions
they can answer.
Ask students only questions
they should be able to answer.
True/False
Multiple Choice
Matching
Negative reinforcement results in a decreased
probability of the behavior occurring in the
future.
Field crops are typically harvested at
physiological maturity.
 Students
consider them to be “tricky”.
 Teachers think they are relatively easy to
prepare.
 The “Guessing Factor” is high.
 T/F are poor for diagnosing student strengths
and weaknesses.
 T/F can make excellent discussion starters.
In Pavlov’s original experiment he trained dogs to
respond to a metronome by salivating when the
metronome was paired with a presentation of food.
Please identify the US, CS, CR and UR for this
experiment.
A.) US – Metronome, CS – Food, UR – Salivation, CR – Salivation
B.) US – Food, CS – Metronome, UR – Increased activity, CR – Salivation
C.) US – Food, CS – Metronome, UR – Salivation, CR – Salivation
D.) US – Metronome, CS – Food, UR – Increased Activity, CR – Salivation
Which of the following is not one of the
primary food allergens?
A) Milk
B) Wheat
C) Oats
D) Peanuts
What would be an example of a Mesosystem from
the movie, “The Lost Children of Rockdale County?”
A. The parent’s lack of communication with their children.
B. The curriculum of the sex education programs for the
students.
C. The messages that the media (TV and music) sends to
the children.
D. How the shooting at school might affect the
development of these children.
E. The relationship between the churches and the
children’s peer groups.
What are some of the limitations of using
mnemonics?
a. B, C, and E are correct
b. Mnemonics are not helpful for remembering
word-for-word text
c. Using mnemonics may result in interference
d. Mnemonics are ineffective if material is
presented too quickly
Match the argument below to the correct Venn
diagram. 1 point
Stephanie will probably like the movie 300.
 Stephanie likes movies based around historical events.
 People who like movies based around historical events will
probably like the movie 300.
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What is the required internal cooking
temperature for fried chicken?
A. 135° F for 15 seconds
B. 145° F for 15 seconds
C. 155° F for 15 seconds
D. 165° F for 15 seconds
 Difficult
and time-consuming to construct well.
 Useful for diagnosing student difficulties if
options are written to reveal common errors.
 Open to misinterpretation by students who
read more into statement than is intended.
 Provide an excellent basis for post-test
discussions.
 Considered by many to be the most versatile
of all item types.
Match the following items to the
appropriate internal cooking
temperature.
Temperatures may be used more than once or not
used at all.
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Hamburger
Sirloin Steak
Baked Chicken
Pasta with Meat Sauce
Baked Ham
A. 135°F for 15 seconds
B. 145°F for 15 seconds
C. 155°F for 15 seconds
D. 165°F for 15 seconds
 Appropriate
in limited situations.
 Seldom useful for more than testing of the
recognition of basic factual knowledge.
 Permit more efficient use of space when
similar types of information are tested.
 Can be used in place of several multiple-choice
items when similar options are given.
Fill-in-the-Blank/Completion
Short Answer
Essay
Problem-solving
Explain the difference between horticultural
therapy and therapeutic horticulture.
Who won the French and Indian War?
In three sentences or less explain why you
chose your answer.
Do your best to diagram the following sentence:
“We the people of the United States, in Order to
form a more perfect Union, establish Justice,
insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defence, promote the general Welfare,
and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves
and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.”
Identify the data, warrant, and conclusion
in the following section. (3 points)
Many people rely on the news for reports about the weather,
but some people possess unique abilities to anticipate the
weather by the way their body feels or aches. Megan thinks
it will probably rain today. When she was young she hurt her
knee riding her bike when it was raining. Now whenever he
knee begins to hurt she knows it is going to rain. While Megan
was out hiking, she felt her knee begin to hurt.
Data_________________________________________
Warrant______________________________________
Conclusion____________________________________
According to our class discussions, what are
the most important factors that must be taken
into account when planning schedules for
watering crops?
Identify the endogenous and exogenous
variables in the justification-suppression model
of prejudice (Crandall & Eshleman, 2003).
In the equation for a correlation coefficient,
which term determines the sign of the
overall value for r? Explain why.
Analyze the scenario below using Social Exchange Theory by doing
the following (in 2-3 paragraphs):
 Identify key components from the scenario
 Apply at least 3 of the concepts or assumptions of Social
Exchange Theory
 Explain how your application of Social Exchange Theory
helps to understand this situation better.
Elizabeth Garcia is a 16-year-old high school student who recently moved
to Topeka, Kansas after living in Chicago since she was 5 years old. Liz is
having some difficulty adjusting to all the changes in her life. She misses
her friends and spends most of her time alone. She is an outstanding
student who is more advanced than most of her peers at her new school,
and is finding the classes boring.
She had lots of friends in Chicago, but in Topeka, she feels “different”
and alone. There isn’t a school or church activity that she really enjoys.
Their family activities are important to Liz and her 10-year-old brother.
They enjoy frequent international travel. Liz can speak and write in both
Spanish and Vietnamese. Yesterday, the counselor called Mrs. Garcia at
home to inquire why Liz was absent from school.
Describe and diagram the major growth
stages of sorghum plant. Indicate when you
would do the following and explain why you
choose that given growth stage: chop for
silage (as an optional choice, do not end the
question here and answer all other options
assuming a grain crop), fertilize with
nitrogen (once), irrigate (twice), spray with
herbicide (once), and cultivate (once).
Suppose that 15 minutes before opening for
lunch maintenance called to let you know
there had been an issue at the steam plant
and that you will be losing steam within the
next half hour for an unknown amount of
time. You are assigned to prepare the dish
room for this event. Outline your plan of
action and steps you will need to take to
ensure proper sanitation during this steam
outage.
Designing an effective test is never a quick
and easy task for the teacher. Be sure that
you have enough time to THINK about:
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Which item format will be most effective to test
what you want students to learn
What the student must do to answer the question
you have posed
How you will evaluate the students’ responses
to help students learn
To help students learn.