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- From: Una Smith <una@lanl.gov>
- To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [MSAR] Writing good written test questions
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 17:25:52 -0600
Jorene Downs wrote:
>Written testing hasn't been developed yet, but I suspect it will
>include some basic "stable management-type" questions that a horse
>owner should already have the answers to. For example "How much
>water might a horse drink daily?"
Given that the test will follow a training program, I'd like to
see more directed, substantive questions on the test. Eg here,
"How much water does your primary horse drink daily?" This has
a practical purpose, in that if you need to bring water for your
horse you should have a rough idea how much *that horse* drinks.
Actually...the more I think about it the worse this question is.
Water consumption depends greatly on climate, activity level,
and level of fitness. And apart from level of fitness, it has a
wide range of variation from horse to horse. The problem is not
in the question per se, but in what constitutes a correct or
wrong answer.
Una Smith
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse, in New Mexico
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[MSAR] Writing good written test questions,
Una Smith, 06/07/2004
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Re: [MSAR] Writing good written test questions,
Jorene Downs, 06/08/2004
- Re: [MSAR] Writing good written test questions, Una Smith, 06/08/2004
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Re: [MSAR] Writing good written test questions,
Jorene Downs, 06/08/2004
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