Test Item Analysis: Heat Transfer

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Test Item AnalysisHeat Transfer

• Barbara Taylor
• Maryville Intermediate School
• 6th grade
• bjtaylor_at_ci.maryville.tn.us

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• Item Analysis
• Standardized Test Item
• Test Item Type
• Test Item Structure
• Embedded Content and Skills

• Standards Correlation
• Content Clarification
• Strand Map

• Instructional Plan

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Standardized Test Item

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Characterize the Test Item

• Multiple Choice

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Test Item Structure

• Stem Describe Energy Transformation
• Distractors Flow of heat from different objects
  in different directions
• Correct answer choice C
• What makes this the correct choice? Universal
  tendency of temperature equalization

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Embedded Concepts Process Skills

• - Major concepts Understand the concepts of heat
  flow, Universal tendency of temperature
  equalization, cold is simply a reduction of heat
  intensity
• Skill requirement Factual recall, analyze heat
  flow.
• Webbs Knowledge Level 3

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Connection to Tennessee Standards

• Energy
• 6.14.2 Understand the difference between heat and
  temperature.
• Describe how heat flows between objects.

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Content Clarification

• Content Clarification

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Strand Map
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Instructional Plan

• Heat Transfer

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