A COMPARISON OF ITEM DIFFICULTY LEVELS PERCEIVED IN TERMS OF CLASSIFICATION JURISDICTIONS AND ITEM DIFFICULTY LEVELS CALCULATED ACCORDING TO CLASSICAL TEST THEORY
SINIFLAMA YARGILARINA GÖRE ALGILANAN VE KLASİK TEST KURAMINA GÖRE HESAPLANAN MADDE GÜÇLÜK DÜZEYLERİNİN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI

Author : Metin YAŞAR
Number of pages : 146-165

Abstract

In this study, it was examined whether the item difficulty levels perceived according to the classification judgments of the items included in the 19-item multiple-choice teacher-making achievement test used in the mid-term and final exams in the education faculties, and the item difficulty levels calculated according to the classical test theory differs by the respondents Findings revealed that the level of item difficulty calculated according to the Classical Test Theory of both the mid-term and final exam results and the item difficulty levels perceived according to the classification judgments differed considerably. It was found that the difficulty levels of the items in the A and B forms of the achievement test differed. In addition, the relationship between the difficulty levels of the items according to both methods was examined in this study. The item difficulty levels in both the mid-term and the final exams showed a significant positive correlation between the two methods, whereas the item obtained from both methods showed a negatively low correlation between the difficulty levels.

Keywords

Item difficulty, Classification judgments, classical Test Theory.

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