Scaling the Information Sought by the Pre-service Teachers in the Test Directive Through Method of Sorting Judgments

In this study, it is aimed to scale the information sought by the students studying at the faculty of education in the test directive through the method of sorting judgments. The study has been conducted in screening model. The Test Directive Information Evaluation Form developed by the researchers has been used for the scaling process. The research was carried out in different departments of the Faculty of Education of a public university [Primary School Teaching (PST), Social Studies Teaching (SST), Science and Technology Teaching (STT), Turkish Language Teaching (TLT)] with 252 students who are attending the third and fourth grade. Specifying the exam duration and adjusting it according to the questions in the test directive affect the response behaviors of the students. The information in the test directives have been sorted by the students from most important to the least important as duration of the exam, scoring, whether the measures are taken against success by chance and the number of questions. When sorting based on the gender examined, it is seen that the information of scoring, duration of exam and whether the measures are taken against success by chance for both female and male students rank near the top and they pay more attention to this information than others. According to the grade level, the information of scoring, duration of exam and whether the measures are taken against success by chance rank near the top for the 3rd and 4th grade students. In conclusion, seminars related to the test directive could be organized and the deficiencies of the instructors about how to prepare the tests could be eliminated and their problems could be solved.