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Publish with flexible quiz export options The quiz can be directly published to Flash and to website. Uploading a
quiz is easy with the FTP File Transfer Protocol upload feature. Then, the quiz can be protected by hosting limit, password or build-in accounts
4 Track and report test result online
The test takers can get complete result report with a free Quiz Management System QMS Wondershare provides.
B. Theoretical Framework
This study intends to design a set of web-based multiple-choice reading test for Grade XII students of senior high school in Kecamatan Cibinong. To
design the product, the writer considers some supporting theories such as: theory of language testing, theory of reading skill, theory of designing multiple-choice
items, theory of web-based test, and theory of application software. In this study, the writer designs reading test not the materials. For that reason, the writer adopts
some steps of Kemp’s instructional design model as the framework of the study. The framework of the designed test in this study consists of seven steps discussed
below. 1.
Identifying Learners’ Characteristics and Needs In line with the theory of RD, first writer should indentify learners’
characteristics and needs. The writer collected the information by interviewing teachers and students. Interview was conducted to obtain information about
students’ characteristics, topics and materials for the test, school facilitates, students’ need and the expectation of the study. Besides, reviewing of related
44 literatures is certainly needed for collecting information on theories of designing
web-based test. Study of related literatures was accomplished by reviewing literatures and other sources related to the theory of language testing, theory of
designing educational product, and theory of web-based design. 2.
Determining Goal, General Purposes, and Topics Before designing the product, the writer should consider the goal, general
purposes, and topics for the basis of the study. In accordance to Kemp 1977: 17, it aims to build the starting point that definitely becomes the root for the study. In
this step, the writer determines the goal to design a web-based multiple-choice reading test for Grade XII students of senior high school. The next step is to
determine general purposes. In this study, the general purposes are derived from Competence Standard and Basic Competence. Then, the next step is selecting the
topics for designing test. 3.
Specifying Learning Objectives This part is specifying learning objectives. It is achieved in the terms to
measure student behavioral outcomes. In this step, the writer should consider the objectives first before designing the test items. Learning objectives in this study
are depended on the topic selected. Since the test in this study is a multiple-choice reading test, the writer categorizes the objectives into cognitive group which
includes objectives concerning knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
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Specifying Test Content In this study, the content should close-relationship to the objectives and to
the student’s needs. In this designed test, the writer listed test content for the designed test. Based on the Brown’s theories of language testing 2004: 5-8, this
study can be classified as a criterion-referenced test, formal test, summative test, discrete-point test, and achievement test. Thus, the designed test should be
practical, reliable, valid, authentic, interactive, and giving feedback for students. For the test content, this study focused on reading test which involved
grammatical question and reading comprehension question. In accordance to KTSP, the test provided narrative, discussion, explanation, and review text. For
designing the items, the writer considered theory of designing multiple-choice item which would be analyzed by IF, ID, and B-Index.
5. Specifying Activities and Sources
Since the goal of the study focuses on designing a set of web-based multiple-choice reading test for Grade XII students of senior high school, the
activities are conducting the task of the test. In accordance to the theory of designing multiple-choice reading assessment, this study applies three task of
reading test. They are reading comprehension passage, multiple-choice grammar task, and multiple-choice cloze vocabulary task. Moreover, the activity of
conducting the test can be in school or outside the school. Meanwhile, the sources of this study are mostly obtained from online sources in the form of reading text
or article in order to be developed as reading questions on multiple-choice test.
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Determining Support Services In determining support services, the writer refers to the theory of web-
based test and theory of application software in order to develop the web-based test design. Besides, the writer needs to coordinate the other aspects including
funds, facilities, equipments, time, and schedule. In this study, the writer requires Adobe
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Flash
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and Wondershare Quiz Creator 3.2 to design the website. The program of designed test may include home page, work-sheet page, score page,
and feedback page. For the implementation, the study needs other facilities such as computer laboratory and the Internet facility.
7. Evaluation
In this step, the designed test is implemented in order to evaluate the test and students’ achievement. Meanwhile, the theory of designing multiple items is
implemented here. After implementing the test, the writer analyzed the students’ data through questionnaire and collected data for the improvement of the design
test. To determine the appropriate items, the writer analyzes the items through its IF, ID, and B-Index.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methodology or how the study is carried out. This chapter consists of six sections. They are research method, research
participants, research instruments, data gathering techniques, data analysis technique and research procedure.
A. Research Method
This study attempted to solve problem about what an appropriate design set of web-based multiple-choice reading test for Grade XII students of senior high
school in Kecamatan Cibinong is. In order to achieve the goal, the writer conducted the strategy of Educational Research and Development Borg and Gall,
1983. Borg and Gall 1983:772 stated that Educational Research and Development RD was a process used to develop and validate educational
products. RD consisted of a cycle in which a version of the product was developed, field-tested, and revised on the basis of field-test data. In addition, the
goal of RD was to take the research knowledge and incorporate it into a product that could be used in the school. In this study, the writer only provided six steps
because of the limitation of time and budget. They were 1 Research and Information Collecting, 2 Preliminary Form of Product Development, 3
Preliminary Product Verification, 4 Preliminary Product Revision 5 Main Field Testing, and 6 Main Product Revision.
