مدى مطابقة فقرات الاختيار من متعدد في كتب الرياضيات في الأردن لقواعد صياغة الفقرة

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study is to detect conformity of the multiple-choice items in mathematics books exercises in Jordan which are to be taught since the beginning of the school year 2017/2018 with item writing rules.

The study sample consisted of 348 items contained in the target textbooks for Multiple-Choice item writing rules.

The items were reviewed and evaluated against 18 frequently occurring item-writing flaws.

The results showed that 302 (86.6%) of the items contained one violation; 28 (8%) of the items contained two violations, and 8 (2.3%) of the items contained three violations, while 10 items (2.9%) did not contain any violation.

Also, the results showed that the most frequent violations were "sorting options vertically" (95.1%), and "options are homogeneous in length" (7.5%).

In addition, the percentage of the violation for four rules ranged from 0.86% to 2.6% while twelve rules were not violated.

The study concluded that mathematics books exercises in Jordan, in general, take into account the multiple-choice item writing rules.

The researcher, thus, recommended that the item writing rules should be changed from giving instructions into compulsory commitment.