Applying automatic item generation to create cohesive physics testlets

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B.N. Mindyarto, S.E. Nugroho, S. Linuwih

2018 Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 983 Issue 1 Conference paper Cited by 4 Quartile

Abstract

Computer-based testing has created the demand for large numbers of items. This paper discusses the production of cohesive physics testlets using an automatic item generation concepts and procedures. The testlets were composed by restructuring physics problems to reveal deeper understanding of the underlying physical concepts by inserting a qualitative question and its scientific reasoning question. A template-based testlet generator was used to generate the testlet variants. Using this methodology, 1248 testlet variants were effectively generated from 25 testlet templates. Some issues related to the effective application of the generated physics testlets in practical assessments were discussed. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

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Physics Department, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Semarang, State University, UNNES, Campus Sekaran Gunungpati, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia