Investigation of Psychometric Properties of Multiple-Choice Items Developed By Turkish Teachers

The main purpose of this research is to determine the psychometric properties of the items (questions) developed by Turkish teachers. The research was conducted with 320 teachers who teach Turkish to 8th grade students in public schools in Ankara in during the 2020-2021 academic year. Turkish subtes...

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Main Authors: Nuri Doğan, Kenan Burak Yüksel
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Published: Sakarya University 2022-04-01
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description The main purpose of this research is to determine the psychometric properties of the items (questions) developed by Turkish teachers. The research was conducted with 320 teachers who teach Turkish to 8th grade students in public schools in Ankara in during the 2020-2021 academic year. Turkish subtest items of LGS (High School Enterance System) central exam verbal section were evaluated by field experts and a blueprint was created. Each achievement in the blueprint was randomly assigned to a teacher and he/she was asked to develop a multiple-choice item which has moderate difficulty and high discrimination to measure this achievement. The multiple-choice items written by the teachers were applied to the 8th grade students and the psychometric properties of the items were estimated from the students’ responses. According to the results of the research, it was found that the content validity ratios, reliability and validity coefficients, item factor loadings, and differential item function values of the items developed by the teachers were at an insufficient level. Item difficulties were easy and the discrimination indexes were at a level that could be taken to the test by only correction.
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spelling doaj-art-1a8b321da1794b94ab80ae5d93ecf4c32025-08-20T03:52:06ZengSakarya UniversitySakarya University Journal of Education2146-74552022-04-0112113014910.19126/suje.100789728Investigation of Psychometric Properties of Multiple-Choice Items Developed By Turkish TeachersNuri Doğan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6274-2016Kenan Burak Yüksel1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4557-6663HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EĞİTİM BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜHACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ EĞİTİM BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜThe main purpose of this research is to determine the psychometric properties of the items (questions) developed by Turkish teachers. The research was conducted with 320 teachers who teach Turkish to 8th grade students in public schools in Ankara in during the 2020-2021 academic year. Turkish subtest items of LGS (High School Enterance System) central exam verbal section were evaluated by field experts and a blueprint was created. Each achievement in the blueprint was randomly assigned to a teacher and he/she was asked to develop a multiple-choice item which has moderate difficulty and high discrimination to measure this achievement. The multiple-choice items written by the teachers were applied to the 8th grade students and the psychometric properties of the items were estimated from the students’ responses. According to the results of the research, it was found that the content validity ratios, reliability and validity coefficients, item factor loadings, and differential item function values of the items developed by the teachers were at an insufficient level. Item difficulties were easy and the discrimination indexes were at a level that could be taken to the test by only correction.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2019775item analysisitem psychometric propertiesitem writingteacher-made tests
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Investigation of Psychometric Properties of Multiple-Choice Items Developed By Turkish Teachers
Sakarya University Journal of Education
item analysis
item psychometric properties
item writing
teacher-made tests
title Investigation of Psychometric Properties of Multiple-Choice Items Developed By Turkish Teachers
title_full Investigation of Psychometric Properties of Multiple-Choice Items Developed By Turkish Teachers
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title_short Investigation of Psychometric Properties of Multiple-Choice Items Developed By Turkish Teachers
title_sort investigation of psychometric properties of multiple choice items developed by turkish teachers
topic item analysis
item psychometric properties
item writing
teacher-made tests
url https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2019775
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