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Type
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 may be considered modified multiple choice type

items where the choices progressively reduce as one
successfully matches the items on the left with items
on the right.
 Guidelines for Constructing
Matching Type of Test
 Match homogeneous not heterogeneous items. The items to
match must be homogeneous.
 If you want your students to match authors with their literary works,
in one column will be authors and in the second column must be
literary works.

 Don’t insert nationality for instance with names of authors.

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 Guidelines for Constructing
Matching Type of Test
Example: Match the items in Column A with the items in
column B.
A B
__1. 1st President of the republic a. Magellan
__2.National Hero b. Mabini
__3. Discovered the Phil. c. Rizal
__4. Brain of the Katipunan d. Lapu-lapu
__5. The Great Pianter e. Aguinaldo
__6. Defended Limasawa f. Juan Luna
g. Antonio Luna

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 Guidelines for Constructing
Matching Type of Test
 The stem (no longer in construction than the options) must be
in the first column while the options (usually shorter) must be in
the second column.

 The options must be more in number than the stems to prevent

the student from arriving at the answer by mere process
elimination.

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 Guidelines for Constructing
Matching Type of Test
 To help the examinee find the answer easier, arrange the
options alphabetically or chronologically, whichever is
applicable.
 To help the examinee find the answer easier, arrange the
options alphabetically or chronologically, whichever is
applicable.
 Like any other test, the direction of the test must be given. The
examinees must know exactly what to do.

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 Guidelines for Constructing
Matching Type of Test
 An answer may be repeated.
Example: Match the items in Column A with the items in column B.
A B
__1. The Alhambra a. Cooper
__2. The Pioneers b. Dana
__3. The Guardian Angel c. Emerson
__4. Two Years Before the Mast d. Holmes
__5. Moby Dick e. Irving
__6. The World in a Man of War f. James
__7. The Last of the Mohicans g. Melville
__8. The American Scholar h. Mark Twain
__9. The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table i. Wharton
__10. Tom Sawyer
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