FIXED RESPONSE: WHAT ARE WE TESTING?

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Alex H. JOHNSTONE* and Abdullah AMBUSAIDI
University of Glasgow, Centre for Science Education, UK

Received 26th May 2000

Abstract

Objective testing is playing a larger part in higher education. This paper sets out to look critically at this form of assessment in the light of research so that examiners can take a more informed view of the technique. [Chem. Educ. Res. Pract. Eur.: 2000, 1, 323-328]