Unpacking IC Testing

Unpacking IC Testing

Preparing our students for success!

• Walk through unpacking exam questions

• Practice process with testing questions

• Adapt process to program IC test

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Agenda

1: Identify Question Stem Subject

• Identify & Underline topic of question.

• Eliminate extra text

​Student strategy: Formulate an answer before looking at the options.

Open Ended

What is the stem/topic?

2 : Identify Blooms Level

Open Ended

What is the level of Blooms in this questions?

3: Focus on Vocabulary (Academic & nonacademic)

• Highlight academic vocabulary (first color)

• Highlight nonacademic vocabulary (second color)

• Define words and provide additional explanations when needed

Open Ended

What did you highlight?

4: Analyze answer options

​Student strategies: Read all options before picking an answer. Read all answers as a true/false statement.

• Distractors: statements that are designed to identify misunderstandings/mistakes

• Qualifiers: words that change the meaning of a statement

• Negatives: Look for the "not" and "except" in question stems

Multiple Choice

There is little air flow through the vents of a vehicle's automatic air conditioning system. Which of the following is causing this condition?

• An open in the blower motor circuit

• Resistance in the blend door motor circuit.

• A faulty compressor

• A clogged cabin air filter