Background Failure to adhere to standard item-writing guidelines may render examination
questions easier or more difficult than intended. Item complexity describes the cognitive skill …

Multiple-choice tests are widely used in education, often for high-stakes assessment
purposes. Consequently, these tests should be constructed following the highest standards …

This study examines the long-term impact of the faculty development programs on the
multiple choice question (MCQ) items' quality leading to study its effect on the students' …

Background: Writing multiple choice questions (MCQ) takes a lot of practice. Often,
pharmacy practitioners lack the training to write effective MCQ. Sources for instruction in …

Objective The purpose of the present study was to explore why our medical students are
avoiding the study of professional textbooks. We conducted this study from 10th March to …

Assessment of problem solving skills for preservice teachers is important in a science
instruction. The purpose of this study is to develop a Problem Solving Essay Test Instrument …

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of concept mapping (CM) on the academic
performance of medical students' in problem-solving as well as in declarative knowledge …

Anxiety is assumed to be an unclear feeling, which causes worry, fear of everything that
does not necessarily happen. This anxiety has a psychological impact on a person including …

Classical assessments that are not comprehensive and do not distinguish students' initial
abilities make measurement results far from the actual abilities. This study was conducted to …

Long training workshops on the writing of exam questions have been shown to be effective;
however, the effectiveness of short workshops needs to be demonstrated. The aim of this …