Domain Testing: Divide and Conquer - Testing Education

Every exercise question and every question on each of the tests has been
assigned a difficulty level according to Bloom’s taxonomy. (See Appendix Q and
Appendix R.)
4.05 Evaluation Strategy
I have used objectives-oriented evaluation strategy. According to Worthen et al.
(1997), the purpose of evaluation in objectives-oriented evaluation strategy is
determining the extent to which the instructional objectives have been met.
4.05.01 Evaluation Materials
The following materials have been used for evaluation purposes:
• Exercises
• Tests
o Pretest – paper-based test (A or B)
o Posttests
� Paper-Based Test – equivalent to the pretest
� Performance Test – testing “real world”
application
There are basically two paper-based tests, Test A and Test B. Both of them
have an identical number of questions that are equivalent in terms of what
instructional goals they test for. However, the scenario described in the
corresponding questions is slightly different. In addition, there is a performance
test. The learners were divided into two groups at random, and those groups were
equally sized whenever possible. Again at random, one of the groups was assigned
Test A and the other Test B on the pretest. If learners got Test A on the pretest,
then they would get Test B on the posttest and vice versa.
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