Συγγραφέας θεμάτων

Those who are concerned with the preparation of test items development.

(New York State Education Department/Office of State Assessment, 2005)

"The purpose and content of the test will to some extent determine who will make the best item writers. It is helpful if those who write the items have recent experience teaching students who are familiar to those taking the test, as the teachers' experience will provide insights into what such students find easy and difficult, what interests them, their cultural background and so on". However, "having relevant experience does not guarantee either the insights into the nature of the task that are necessary in order to write good tasks or the creativity and imagination needed to write good items. Creativity, sensitivity, insight, imagination: all these are qualities of item writers that are difficult to identify in prospective item writers, but very obviously missing in poor item writers" (p.40-41)

Alderson, J.C., Clapham, C. & Wall, D. 1995. Language Test Construction and Evaluation. Cambridge: CUP.

Όσοι εμπλέκονται στην ανάπτυξη θεμάτων για εξετάσεις. Εκτός από τη δημιουργικότητα, την ευαισθησία, τη διορατικότητα και τη φαντασία, η εμπειρία στη συγγραφή θεμάτων αλλά και η εμπειρία στην αίθουσα διδασκαλίας είναι πιθανά χαρακτηριστικά του επιτυχημένου συγγραφέα θεμάτων.

(New York State Education Department/ Office State Assessment, 2005)