Title: |
The Effect of Question Order
on Responses to Interview Questions* |
Meeting: |
126th AAPT National Meeting:
Austin, TX |
Location: |
Trinity B |
Date: |
Wednesday, Jan. 15 |
Time: |
10:15 a.m. |
Author: |
Kara Gray, Kansas State
Univ.
785-532-7167,
keg9634@ksu.edu |
Co-Author(s): |
N. Sanjay Rebello, Dean A.
Zollman |
Abstract:
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Educators and researchers
often assume that the order of questions on a test or survey is
unimportant. Is this assumption valid? This study follows up on our
previous investigation1 of how the
order of related questions or inclusion of unrelated questions affect
students’ responses on a multiple-choice survey. We used a think-aloud
protocol to interview students as they worked through two sets of
related questions. Students were also asked to describe the similarities
and differences between questions, and their thoughts on how the
questions related to each other. Interviews were conducted both before
and after instruction. We will present the methodology and results of
our study. |
Footnotes:
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*Supported in part by NSF
grant #0087788.
+Sponsored by N. Sanjay Rebello.
1. Kara Gray, et. al. "The Effect of Question Order on Student Responses
to Multiple-choice Questions," 125th AAPT National Meeting (2002).
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