ABSTRACT

AMALIA, RIZKI. 2018. The Implementation of Principles in Constructing Multiple-choice Items in Buku LKS Bahasa Inggris for the Eight-grade Students Published by Kartika Prima. SARJANA’S THESIS, English Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University. Prof. Dr. H. Abdul Muth’im, M.Pd (Advisor I). Moh. Yamin, M.Pd (Advisor II)

Keywords: principles, constructing, multiple-choice items, and Buku LKS

This study is aimed to describe the implementation of principles in constructing multiple-choice items in Buku LKS Bahasa Inggris for the eight-grade students published by Kartika Prima. The Principles are from Heaton (1977), Madsen (1983) and Brown (2010). This research is limited only to investigate the principles violation.

This research is descriptive qualitative research. The data were taken from Buku LKS Bahasa Inggris for the Eight-grade Students published by Kartika Prima for academic year 2017/2018. The data were collected using document analysis and they were analyzed using Miles et al (2014) steps in analyzing qualitative data. Investigator triangulation is used to validate the data.

The results of the research shows that: (1) Principles 9, 10, and 13 were not implemented in most items because options were not approximately the same length, distractor was not reasonably attractive and plausible, and options were not in the same form; (2) Principles 1, 3, 5, 6, 11 were not implemented in some items because the item had more than one correct answers, items were not brief and clear, options were not grammatically correct when placed in the stem, test constructors gave right answer through grammatical cues, and options were absurd; and (3) Principles 2, 4, 7, 8 were not implemented in few items  because more than one features at a time were being tested, the stem contained extraneous information or irrelevant clues, options contained repeated words, and the stem did not allow number of options which have been decided upon. As for consideration, it is better for the English teachers to choose or construct  the multiple-choice items in which the principles in constructing multiple-choice items are implemented.