Measurement and evaluation open education: Difficulties wich question writers face in the process of question preparation in Anadolu University open education system

IV ABSTRACT MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN OPEN EDUCATION: DIFFICULTIES WHICH QUESTION WRITERS FACE IN THE PROCESS OF QUESTION PREPARATION IN ANADOLU UNIVERSITY OPEN EDUCATION SYSTEM Nejdet KARADA? Department of Distance Education Anadolu University Institue of Social Sciences Advisor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Aydın Zrya ÖZGÜR In this research, it was aimed to determine the difficulties which were faced in the process of question writing by question writers who were involved in preparation of multiple choice questions for courses in education programs of faculties which educate according to Open Education system in 2003-2004 academic year. In the direction of the main purpose of the study, the following research questions were asked:. What kind of difficulties do question writers face in the process of question preparation?. Do the difficulties which question writers face in the process of question preparation vary according to sex?. Do the difficulties which question writers face in the process of question preparation vary according academic title?. Do the difficulties which question writers face in the process of question preparation vary according to faculty where the job is done?. Do the difficulties which question writers face in the process of question preparation vary according to participation or not in the education activity about measurement and evaluation?Ninety-five question writers who have various academic titles-'Trof.Dr.", "Assoc.Prof.Dr.", "Assist.Prof.Dr.", "Lecturer" and "Research Assistant"- participated in this research. By the help of this research, it was tried to determine whether the question writers need training on the preparation of multiple choice-questions, or not. For data analysis appropriate statistical procedures, (t-test for variables of sex and participation or not in a training program on measurement and evaluation; one-way variance analysis for variables of academic title and the faculty where the job is done) were applied. The results of data analysis revealed that sex, participation or not in a training program on measurement and evaluation, academic title, faculty where the job is done were not factors mat have a significant effect on the difficulties faced in the process of writing multiple-choice questions. At the end of the research, it was determined that most of the question writers wanted to receive training on question writing.