Formats for true/false questions
Scantron (with A & B responses)
Example
The following questions are True-False questions. If the statement is true, darken the circle under A on your answer sheet; if the statement is false, darken the circle under B on your answer sheet. Be sure that the question number that you are marking on the answer sheet corresponds to the question number of the question you are answering.
- According to cognitive theorists, a learner will learn by rote if he lacks a cognitive structure.
- According to the cognitive theorists, learning something new is a matter of seeing where it “fits in.”
- Bypassing less abstract stages of learning is sometimes desirable for the improvement of understanding without memorization.
- The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature is the oldest indexing periodical that includes educational items.
Circle format
Example
The following sentences may (or may not) contain grammatical errors. In front of each question are a “C” and an “I”. If the sentence is grammatically correct, circle the “C”. If it is grammatically incorrect, circle the “I”.
| C I | 1. I heard you was at the bowling party. |
| C I | 2. He don’t plan to study engineering at college. |
| C I | 3. Are you calling us? |
| C I | 4. The rear tires had wore out. |
(You can also use ‘T-F’ letters for true-false statements.)
Circle format with correction
Example:
The following questions are True-False questions. If the statement is true, circle T, and go to the next question. If the statement is false, circle F, write the specific portion of the statement that makes it false in space A, and rewrite the incorrect portion so that it is true in space B.
| T | F | 1. An achievement exam is designed to measure a pupil’s ability to perform in school subjects. A _________________________ B _________________________ |
| T | F | 2. A profile is a graphic method for representing an examinee’s scores on several exams. A _________________________ B _________________________ |
| T | F | 3. Intelligence is defined as innate ability. A _________________________ B __________________________ |
| T | F | 4. Individual intelligence exams are more reliable than group intelligence exams. A _________________________ B _________________________ |
Check all that apply
These questions can be viewed as a cluster-type true-false format. For each option a “yes-no” decision must be made. This format is especially useful for replacing multiple-choice questions that have more than one correct answer. In this case, each alternative is a separate scoring unit of one point.
Example
Which of the following terms indicates observable student performance? Check all that apply.
__Yes __No 1. Explains
__Yes __No 2. Identifies
__Yes __No 3. Learns
__Yes __No 4. Predicts
__Yes __No 5. Realizes
