A Multimedia Effect for Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Test Items

• Published in: Journal of educational psychology Vol. 114; no. 1; pp. 72 - 88
• Main Authors: Lindner, Marlit A, Schult, Johannes, Mayer, Richard E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Psychological Association 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Difficulty Level; Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Grade 5; Grade 6; Mathematics Tests; Metacognition; Multimedia Instruction; Multimedia Materials; Multiple Choice Tests; Problem Solving; Response Style (Tests); Satisfaction; Science Tests; Scores; Test Construction; Test Format; Test Items; Testing; Word Problems (Mathematics); Germany

This classroom experiment investigates the effects of adding representational pictures to multiple-choice and constructed-response test items to understand the role of the response format for the multimedia effect in testing. Participants were 575 fifth- and sixth-graders who answered 28 science tes...