MODULE 11: SELECTING AND CONSTRUCTING TEST ITEMS AND TASKS (CONTINUATION)

D. Constructing Selected-Response Types

a. Binary – Choice or Alternate Form
b. Multiple – Choice Items
c. Matching Type

WEEK NUMBER: 11

TIME ALLOTMENT: 3 Hours

OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this module, the students shall be able to:
1. select and construct appropriate test items and tasks for classroom assessment; and
2. apply the principles in test construction in creating test.

LEARNING CONTENT:

SELECTING AND CONSTRUCTING TEST ITEMS AND TASKS (CONTINUATION)

c. MATCHING ITEMS
✓ It consists of two parallel list of words or phrases the students are tasked to pair.
✓ First list (Premises): items which are to be matched.
✓ Second list (Options): words from which to choose its match based on a kind of association.
Table 8.16 Matching Type Item Structure
List of Premises List of Responses
Words or phrases to be matched Homogenous alternatives or
or associated with an options from which to select what
appropriate word. will match the premise

Example 1:

The first column describes events associated with Philippine presidents while the second column gives
their names. In the space provided, write the letter of the answer that matches the description.
Column A Column B
_________1. First president of the Republic a. Ramon Magsaysay
_________2. Declared martial law during his term b. Corazon Aquino
_________3. First president to resign from the office c. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
_________4. First woman president d. Manuel L. Quezon
_________5. Died in an airplane crash
e. Fidel C. Ramos
_________6. A uniformed man elected into office
f. Emilio Aguinaldo
g. Joseph Ejercito Estrada
h. Manuel A. Roxas
i. Ferdinand Marcos

Example 2:

Column A contains theoretical postulations of how the universe came about. Match each one with the
name of the theory given in Column B. Indicate the appropriate letter to the left of the number in Column
A.
 Column A Column B
_________1. Large-scale features of the universe do not change a. Dark matter theory
over time. b. Density wave theory
_________2. About 90% of the matter in the universe does not c. Super dense theory
interact with radiation. d. Infinite words theory
_________3. The spiral arms in galaxies cannot be permanent
e. Galactic rotation theory
condensations of matter.
f. Inflationary universe theory
_________4. The planets described closed orbits about the
g. Planetisimal theory
Earth.
h. Ptolemaic theory
_________5. Planets were formed from small solid bodies
caused by eruptions of stars. i. Steady-state theory