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    Essay items require students to provide extended written responses of several paragraphs to questions. They measure complex learning outcomes like integration, problem solving, and presentation skills. However, essay items also have disadvantages like low validity and reliability due to limited content sampling and subjectivity in scoring. They are also time consuming for both students and those marking the essays.

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    Essay items require students to provide extended written responses of several paragraphs to questions. They measure complex learning outcomes like integration, problem solving, and presentation skills. However, essay items also have disadvantages like low validity and reliability due to limited content sampling and subjectivity in scoring. They are also time consuming for both students and those marking the essays.

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    Essay items require students to provide extended written responses of several paragraphs to questions. They measure complex learning outcomes like integration, problem solving, and presentation skills. However, essay items also have disadvantages like low validity and reliability due to limited content sampling and subjectivity in scoring. They are also time consuming for both students and those marking the essays.

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    E S S AY T E S T

    M A J N A M R ATA K R I P L A N I
    Objectives
     Definition

     Types

     Purpose

     Rules for construction of an Essay Item

     Advantages and Disadvantages of Essay Items


    Definition
    Essay item is an item that requires the students to
    structure rather long written response upto several
    paragraphs

    - William Wiresme & Stephen Jurs,1990

    An Essay test presents one or more questions that require


    extended written reponse form the person being tested.

    - Robert Lebel & David A Frishie, 1986


    Written test

    Essay item

    Responses in several
    Paragraphs or
    passages

    Demands Subjective
    Judgement
    Advantages &
    Disadvantages
    Advantages & Disadvantages
    ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
     Measures complex learning outcomes  Low Validity and reliability
     Integration of thinking and problem  limited content sampling
    solving
     Assessment of Logical representation  Subjectivity in Scoring

     Language, abilities, critical reasoning  Contaminated by Extraneous effects like


    and presentation can be tested spelling, good handwriting
     Evaluate quality of teaching process  Halo effect
     Easy to prepare  Scoring cannot be complete

     Time Consuming
     Mood of examiner influences marking

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