Type:
Test Bank
Essentials of Educational Resource: Psychology Big Ideas To Guide Effective Teaching Edition:
6th Edition
Author(s):
Jeanne Ormrod Brett D. Jones
Using the Test Item Files Test item files are assessment banks designed to assist instructors in providing high quality assessments that allow students to demonstrate their knowledge of—and ability to apply—key chapter content. To accommodate different platforms, test item files are available (and importable) for the following Learning Management System (LMS) formats: • • • •
Blackboard Canvas D2L Moodle
Note: The Word document versions of the test item file are separated by chapter and include every item that is provided in the LMS-compatible file. If your campus does not use one of the platforms listed above, or if you wish to administer assessments on paper, you can copy and paste items from the word document versions to create your own assignments, quizzes, or tests. Use caution when copy/pasting assessment items—you will want to remove any text that indicates the correct answer.
Assessment Item Types Below you will find descriptions of possible assessment item types. Assessment Type
Format
Description
Multiple Choice
Learning outcome (LO) quizzes are designed to assess the learner’s comprehension of key learning outcomes within a chapter. Each chapter learning outcome will have a dedicated LO quiz. To help guide learning, feedback is provided for both the correct and incorrect answer choices.
Application Exercises
Short Answer/Essay (usually) Multiple Choice (at times)
Application exercises are designed to give learners the opportunity to practice applying the content and strategies from the chapter. These exercises can be video-based, written case/scenario-based, or based on an artifact (e.g., assessment results, student work, research article, etc.). Feedback is provided in the form of a model response to give the student guidance on the accuracy of their response, and also to assist the instructor in grading the response.
Chapter Test
Multiple Choice Short Answer/Essay
Learning Outcome Quizzes
Chapter tests can be used to assess students' learning after all chapter readings and assignments have been completed.
Licensure Exam Practice (Included in select titles only)
Video Observation and Analysis Exercises
Multiple Choice Short Answer/Essay
Licensure exam practice exercises are modeled after questions found on teacher licensure tests, and are meant to help readers prepare for their certification exams. Short answer questions include feedback in the form of a model response.
Short Answer/Essay
These exercises help teacher candidates learn how to effectively observe and analyze teaching. While observing an authentic classroom video, students use a rubric to guide their analysis of the teacher in the video, while also making timestamped comments that identify specific events in the video that align to the criteria being evaluated. Feedback is provided in the form of a model response that includes relevant time stamps and events, as well as the suggested rubric rating from a subject matter expert.
(Included in select titles only)
Pearson eText Some of the assessment items within Application Exercises may require access to the Pearson eText version of this title. Within the eText you will find embedded video examples and/or classroom artifacts that provide the background information required to answer these questions. Assessment items that require eText content will include one of the following notes as part of the question stem or prompt: • •
Use Pearson eText Video Example X.X to answer the following question… Use Pearson eText Artifact X.X to answer the following question…
If you are an instructor and need access to the Pearson eText, contact your sales representative: https://www.pearson.com/us/contact-us/find-your-rep.html.
Exercise Naming Conventions Below you will find examples of how exercises in the test item file have been named, along with an explanation for what each component represents. Examples: • • • • • •
01 Learning Outcome Quiz 1.1 01 Learning Outcome Quiz 1.2 01 Application Exercise 1.1 01 Application Exercise 1.2 01 Chapter Test 1 02 Learning Outcome Quiz 2.1, etc.
In the above examples, the first number (e.g., 01) indicates the assessment is aligned with Chapter 1. The second term (e.g., Learning Outcome Quiz) indicates the assessment type. The final number indicates the sequence numbering within the chapter. For example, if there are three Learning Outcome Quizzes in Chapter 1, they will be numbered 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3. The first number (1) represents the chapter number, and the second number (1, 2, and 3) represents the sequence within the chapter. Based on these naming conventions, the first Learning Outcome Quiz in chapter two would be named 02 Learning Outcome Quiz 2.1 (see final bullet above).
Importing and Using Test Item Files in Your Learning Management System Below you will find instructions for importing LMS-compatible files into your campus learning platform (Blackboard, Canvas, D2L, or Moodle). Your campus might be using a version of the learning platform software that is different from the one that was used when creating these instructions. This could lead to slight mismatches between the instructions and what you are seeing on your screen. If you encounter problems with the import process, please try contacting your campus LMS administrator for assistance. If you are still unable to import the file, please contact your sales representative (https://www.pearson.com/us/contact-us/find-your-rep.html). Note: The import steps detailed below assume that you: 1) have already created your course shell within your learning platform, and 2) have already downloaded the importable test item file from the Pearson website.
Blackboard Note: There will be two Blackboard-compatible .zip files available on the Pearson website: a “Pool” file, and a “Test” file. Be sure you are aware of which file you downloaded, and the differences between these two options (described in Step 2 below). 1. In the left navigation menu of your course shell, select Course Tools > Tests, Surveys, and Pools. 2. Select one of the following options (do not use Surveys): a. Pools (recommended) b. Tests Pools: The ‘Pools’ option imports each assessment as a set of questions that can be added to any test you create within your course. This function is useful for storing questions and creating question sets for more than one test. You will also be able to vet each question before including it on a test. In short, pools provide the most flexibility in terms of how you implement the assessment content. Tests: The ‘Tests’ option imports each assessment as a pre-built test. This means an individual test will be automatically generated (upon import) for each learning outcome quiz, application exercise, and chapter test. A created test must be deployed within a content folder before students can take the test.
3. Below you fill find next steps for both options: Pools and Tests. a. If you selected Pools: 1. Select Import Pool. 2. Select Browse My Computer and locate the file you downloaded. The file should have the word “Pool” somewhere in the file name (e.g., BB_Pool_AuthorName). Import this file in the .zip format; do not unzip or extract the files. 3. Once you have selected the correct file, select Submit. It might take your browser a few moments to import the file, but you should receive a message that reads ‘Pool Import Complete’. On this same screen, you may receive a message that warns of possible system incompatibilities. You can disregard this message. 4. To create a test using the imported pool, select Content in the left navigation menu of your course shell, then select Assessments > Test. 5. Select Create to create a new test. Enter a name for the test (required), description (optional), and instructions (optional). Select Submit. 6. Select Reuse Question > Create Question Set. A dialog box will open with all of the imported assessments available in the left navigation under ‘Pools’. 7. Select the check box next to one of the assessments to display all of the questions within that assessment. From here you can vet each question and select which questions (using the check box next to each question) to include on your test. You can select multiple assessments in the left navigation to create your test. For example, you could use create a test using content from three different sources: learning outcome quiz, application exercises, and a chapter test. 8. Once you have selected all of the questions you wish to include on your test, select Submit. 9. The next screen allows you to select how many questions to display for each student and the point value for each question. Once you have entered your desired settings, select OK. The test is now available in the ‘Create Test’ screen. When you are ready to deploy the test, select it from the ‘Add an Existing Test’ menu, then select Submit. 10. The next screen allows you to modify your test settings including availability and due dates. Once you have selected your desired settings,