Writing Test Items to Evaluate Higher Order Thinking

by Thomas M. Haladyna

Here's a book intended to help readers develop better test questions -- aimed at measuring their students' (or future students') higher level thinking abilities such as writing, reading, mathematical or scientific problem solving, critical thinking, and creative thinking. This book is practical in its approach -- replete with examples -- and focuses on many different question types with the main objective being to select the item type most appropriate for the material being measured. It covers multiple-choice items, designing performance test items, creating and scoring portfolios, and writing survey items. Item-writing templates are provided in each chapter. Preservice and inservice teachers.

272 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1996

Reviews

[James F · Rating 3 out of 5]

got the book back when I was taking a class with Dr. Haladyna and it has been sitting on a shelf with "teacher books" ever since. 20 some years later I took it down and added it to my read list; it still holds up and provided me with ideas to think about on making tests