DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF REASONING-BASED MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST FOR MEASURING THE MASTERY OF CHEMISTRY

Abstract

This study was carried out to develop a valid and reliable reasoning-based multiple-choice test on thermochemistry topic. Development and validation method was applied. This study involved 161 science students as the participants. The results showed that the test developing content validity index (CVI) has a value of 0.949 and reliability with Cronbach Alpha value of 0.955, difficulty index in the medium level and discrimination index in the high level. The results of this research clearly show that 28 items of reasoning-based multiple-choice test developed in this research meet the criteria as a valid test to measure students’ reasoning that can be used as school summative and final tests. The data obtained through the interview provide reinforcement that the developed test instrument is feasible to use in both summative chemistry tests and school final examinations.

Keywords

• Chemistry
• Development
• Reasoning-based multiple-choice test
• Validation