Though the initial development of an multiple-choice assessment is labour-intensive, this decreases with increasing experience on the part of item-writers, and decreases further once a question bank has been developed from which questions can be drawn for re-use.
Even the idiosyncratic aspects of medieval mereology reveal a sophisticated appreciation of three fundamental questions in mereology, namely, what items are wholes, what items are parts, and under what conditions is one item a part of another item.
Observations were only available for the lower part of the item characteristic curve for most items, indicating that items were very difficult and were completed by most participants in the mode of engagement.
The mean score (based on the total-sum) at the four assessments are shown in Table 1 and the individual item descriptions are presented in Figure 1 as a part of the item map.
To find really wood in a piece, look underneath the item, or under the drawer to see the unfinished part of the item.
Intrinsic features are an aspect of the item itself (e.g., the colour), extrinsic features are strictly speaking not part of the item, but are defined by the spatiotemporal characteristics of the event [17], [18].
Conversely, a person with high ratings on the other items may still have given item #1 a low rating if he or she emphasized the first part of the item ("I can always manage to solve difficult problems…").
