True - False Test Items
What it is?
True-false questions are those in which a statement is presented and the student indicates in some manner whether the statement is true or false. In other words, there are only two possible responses for each item, and the student chooses between them.
Good For
Knowledge level content
Evaluating student understanding of popular misconceptions
Concepts with two logical responses
Advantages
Can test large amounts of content
Students can answer 3-4 questions per minute
Disadvantages
They are easy
It is difficult to discriminate between students that know the material and students who do not
Students have a 50-50 chance of getting the right answer by guessing
Need a large number of items for high reliability
Easy to score
Example
Is it recommended to take statements directly from the text to make good true-false questions?
A. Yes / True
B. No / False