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Great article. Should be required reading for test designers as humans also tend to pick up on the implicit heuristic clues that bypass the need for knowledge a
by PeterStuer 7y ago
Great article. Should be required reading for test designers as humans also tend to pick up on the implicit heuristic clues that bypass the need for knowledge and understanding as prep schools teach "don't know the answer? These 5 simple rules will improve your guess"
- tonypace 7y agoThe standardized test organizations give briefings to teachers on the most common Hans cues for students. In order, they are differing answer length, answers that mirror the question's grammar, and the infamous letter C.
- PeterStuer 7y agoI had to Google for the 'infamous letter C'. In case others were wondering, it seems to stem from folk wisdom still perpetuated that for a blind guess the third answer when given 4 or more options in a multiple choice test is more likely to be correct than the others. The linked article suggests this does not hold (for the ACT), but doe suggest picking a single letter and sticking with it for all blind guesses would outperform a purely random guessing strategy. https://blog.prepscholar.com/most-common-answer-on-act https://blog.prepscholar.com/most-common-answer-on-act