OBJECTIVE ITEMS: Examples

Completion type of assessment
Learning Target
Students should be able to identify the Oaxacan style of animal sculpture as a type of Mexican folk art by writing
the correct term on the line in a completion type of assessment item.

Grade Level and Subject
5th Grade Visual Arts

Directions
Complete the statement by writing the correct term on the line. Make sure that your answer is clearly written.

Statement
Oaxacan animals are a type of Mexican ____________________ art.

Answer Key
Oaxacan animals are a type of Mexican folk art.
Learning Target
Students should be able to demonstrate their understanding of the sequence of steps they use to produce their clay projects by matching the correct step with its corresponding action in a matching type of assessment item.

Grade Level and Subject
5th Grade Visual Arts

Directions
Match the step in Column A with its action in Column B. Write the capital letter of the process on the line next to each step. Each action in Column B may be used once, more than once, or not at all. Make sure that your answers are clearly written.

Column A (Step) Column B (Action)
_____ 1. First step A. Fire
_____ 2. Second step B. Label
_____ 3. Third step C. Paint
_____ 4. Fourth step D. Shape
E. Submit

Answer Key

Column A (Step) Column B (Action)
D 1. First step A. Fire
A 2. Second step B. Label
C 3. Third step C. Paint
A 4. Fourth step D. Shape
E. Submit
Learning Target
Students should be able to associate the name of the Zapotec Indians with the creation of Oaxacan animals by correctly circling either T or F in a true-false type of assessment item.

Grade Level and Subject
5th Grade Visual Arts

Directions
If the statement is true, circle T. If the statement is false, circle F.

Statement
Oaxacan animals are created by the Zapotec Indians.
T F

Answer Key
T (circled) F
Learning Target
Students should be able to differentiate between the three primary methods of shaping clay — coiling, pinching, and slabbing — by writing the capital letter of the correct answer on the line to the right of the answer options in a multiple-choice type of assessment item.

Grade Level and Subject
5th Grade Visual Arts

Directions
Write the capital letter of the correct answer on the line to the right of the answer options. Make sure that your answer is clearly written.

Statement
The method of shaping clay using your fingers and thumbs is called

A. Coiling
B. Pinching Answer: ________
C. Slabbing


Answer Key
A. Coiling
B. Pinching Answer: B
C. Slabbing
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