Online test administration results in students selecting more responses to multiple-choice-multiple-response items

Alexis Olsho, Trevor I. Smith, Philip Eaton, Charlotte Zimmerman, Andrew Boudreaux, Suzanne White Brahmia

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Abstract

We developed the Physics Inventory of Quantitative Literacy (PIQL) to assess students' quantitative reasoning in introductory physics contexts. The PIQL includes several "multiple-choice-multiple-response"(MCMR) items (i.e., multiple-choice questions for which more than one response may be selected) as well as traditional single-response multiple-choice items. In this paper, we discuss differences in performance on MCMR items that seems to result from differences in administration method (paper versus online). In particular, we find a tendency for "clickiness"in online administration: students choose more responses to MCMR items when taking the electronic version of the assessment. Student performance on single-response multiple-choice items was not affected by administration method. These results suggest that MCMR items may provide a unique opportunity to probe differences in online and on-paper administration of low-stakes assessments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number013101
JournalPhysical Review Physics Education Research
Volume19
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2023

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Education
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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