COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEST DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EBE 5002 TEST DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Institute Of Education Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MUSTAFA GÜVENDI

Offered to

French Language Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education
Primary Mathematics Teacher Education
Primary Teacher Education
Mathematics Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education

Course Objective

To cover fundamental procedures in development of instruments for educational and social researches.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Create construct specifications for a cognitive, attitudinal, or behavioral measurement instrument.
2   Develop items consistent with a set of construct specifications.
3   Pilot test instrument and conduct item analyses to select items.
4   Conduct validity and reliability analyses of field test data.
5   Write a summary of validation study.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Measurement and Validity.
2 Instrument Development.
3 Construct Specification.
4 Pilot Testing and Item Writing.
5 Item analysis.
6 Instrument administration.
7 Reporting test results.
8 Mid-term exam.
9 True score theory/reliability.
10 Validity and data analysis Dimensionality/EFA.
11 Information, reliability, & precision.
12 Model fit/rating scale analyses.
13 Test bias.
14 External evidence, Validation Analysis.
15 Final Exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Aiken, L. R. (1985). Psychologicaltestingandassessment. Boston: Allynand Bacon, Inc.
2. Anastasi, A. (1982). Psychologicaltesting(8th ed.). New York: MacMillanPub. Co.Inc.
3. Tavşancıl, E. (2006). Tutumların ölçülmesi ve SPSS ile veri analizi. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım.
4. Tezbaşaran, A. (1997). Likert tipi ölçek geliştirme kılavuzu. Ankara: Türk Psikoloji Derneği Yayınları.
5. Turgut, M.F.veBaykul, Y. (1992). Ölçekleme teknikleri.Ankara: ÖSYM Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Explaining, question-answer, discussion.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 13 2 26
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 133

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.123
LO.223
LO.323
LO.4232
LO.5232

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