Fill-in-the-blanks Tests

I. Characteristic/Descriptions

II. Advantages

III. Limitations

IV. Guidelines

supply missing information

long-term memory retrieval

complete an idea

often answered with a single

free-response

reduce guessing

measure the extent to which the student understand the content

easy to construct

take less time to construct by the teacher and complete by the student

solicit very specific response

one correct answer may be tricky to construct

solicit unimportant pieces of information

encourage rote memorization of the text

avoid omission of irrelevant information

factually correct required answer

blank spaces occur at or near the end

omit key words only

direct question is more desirable

indicate units for numerical answer

avoid grammatical clues

avoid lifting statements directly from the source

single-word answer/brief and definite statements

Breakout Room#4
Angelen Espinosa
Arianne Gallego
Stephen Malunes
Angelica Say

Discipline -Specific Pedagogy
Professor: Ma. Christina T. Navarro, MAT RLL