Item Shells
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Evaluation & the Health Professions
- Vol. 12 (1), 97-106
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016327878901200106
Abstract
Writing multiple-choice test items has been typically characterized as more of an art than a science. Textbooks commonly offer advice on how to write items, but most inexperienced item writers, despite having expertise in a content area, have difficulty phrasing the stem. A technique is described that has been successfully used in several testing programs in the health professions. This technique, item shell, provides a basis for getting item writers started in the difficult process of w, iting the effective multiple-choice item.Keywords
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