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Education QUESTION #6760
Question 1
In constructing an effective matching exercise, a teacher has 6 premises in column A and 6 responses in column B, with a strict one-to-one matching rule. What key principle of matching exercise construction is being VIOLATED?
  • Using homogeneous content
  • Arranging responses in logical order
  • Providing an unequal number of responses and premises to reduce systematic guessing✔️
  • Placing shorter items in the response column
Correct Answer Explanation
One of the most important rules for constructing matching exercises is to include more responses than premises (or allow responses to be used more than once) so that the last premise cannot be answered by elimination. A strict one-to-one correspondence with equal numbers allows students to answer the final item through process of elimination, without any content knowledge.