Subjective tests assess students' ability to produce, integrate, and express ideas through open-ended questions. They include short answer questions, which require a word or brief response, and essays, which require longer written answers. While easy to construct and score, short answer questions may only measure lower-level thinking and allow for memorized responses. Essays can measure complex thinking but are more difficult to score reliably. When constructing subjective tests, questions should not be taken directly from materials, provide clues, have clear scoring rubrics, and cover a range of cognitive levels and content.

1. Subjective Test
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Definition
 Subjectivetest of questionsto which students
answer/respond in oneor moresentencesto a
specific question assesses the student’s
ability to produce, integrate, and express
ideas, and allow the student to be original,
and creative.
 Subjectivetest include thefollowing
items:
 Short answer
 Essays

3. Short answer
 Short answer itemsrequiretheexamineeto
respond to theitem with aword, short
phrase, number or asymbol.
 Example
 MHz measuresthe_________________ of the
computer.
 List thedifferent typesof test?
 Statethethird law of motion?
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4. Advantages of Short Answer
Questions
 very easy to construct
 they aregood to test thelowest level of cognitive
taxonomy (knowledge, understanding)
 UnlikeMCQs, thereisno guessing on answers,
studentsmust supply an answer.
 Short Answer Questionsarerelatively
fast to mark and can bemarked by
different assessors
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5. Disadvantages of Short Answer
Questions
 they areunsuitablefor measuring complex
learning outcomes
 Studentscan answer short question by
merely memorizing thosequestions,the
deep knowledgeof thestudent can not be
assessed by short question.
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6. Suggestions forConstruction
of Short answertests
 thequestion should not bepicked up
exactly from thebook .
 thequestion should not provideany clue.
 thescoring key should beprepared .
 Set thequestionsexplicitly and precisely.
 Assign marksto each question
according to itsweightage.
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7. Essay Test
 It isan item format that requiresthe
student to structurearather long written
responseup to several paragraphs
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8. Characteristics of Essay
Test
 Generally essay tests contain more than one
question in thetest .
 Essay tests are to be answered in writing
only .
 Essay testsrequirecompletely long answers
.
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9. Restricted Response
 Theexamineerequiresto providelimited
responsebased on aspecified criterion for
answering thequestion.
 Examples
 Givethreeadvantagesand disadvantagesof essay
tests.
 Statefour usesof testsin education.
 Describefour sourcesof energy.
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10. Extended Response or Free
Response
 Allow for an in-depth answersof astudentsknowledge
thinking process, problem solving behavior relativeto a
specific topic
 Studentshasto recall specific information and organize,
evaluateand writecomprehensive composition.
 Examples
 What aretheimplicationsof fuel pricehikein our economy?
 Why should the classroom teacher state his
instructional objectivesto cover thethree
domainsof educational objectives.
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11. Advantages of Essay test
 can measurecomplex learning outcomes.
 emphasizeintegration and application of
thinking and problem solving .
 can beeasily constructed .
 examineefreeto respond .
 no guessing asin objectiveitem .
 It helpsstudentsto improvetheir writing
skillssuch aswriting speed, etc.
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12. Disadvantages of Essay test
 lack of consistency in judgmentseven among
competent examiners.
 question to question carry effect .
 examineeto examineecarry effect .
 limited content validity .
 difficult to scoreobjectively .
 timeconsuming .
 lengthy enumeration of memorized facts.
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13. Suggestions forConstruction of
Essay tests
 ask questionsthat requiretheexamineeto
show command of essential knowledge.
 makequestionsasexplicit aspossible.
 should beno choicein question paper .
 intimatetheexamineeabout desired
length of theanswers.
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14. Con-
 makeeach question relatively short but
increasenumber of questions
 test constructor should get histest reviewed
oneor morecolleagues
 questionsshould beso worded that
all examineesinterpret them in
thesameway astheexaminer wants.
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