10. What are the tips for writing true - false questions?

4. Questions should appear in same order as the answers appear in the text

By mixing the order of True/False questions in reading and listening you increasing the difficulty of these questions significantly

6. Avoid answer patterns

Don't be tempted to write questions with a specific answer pattern like TTFFTTFFTT to facilitate your grading. Students will soon catch on to these tactics. Answer patterns in you questions should not be discernable

5. Focus each item on a single idea from the text

Items that require students to deal with the possible truth or falsity of two or more ideas at once increase the difficulty of the question substantially

3. Consider the effects of background knowledge

Successful completion of True/False/Not Given items should depend on the students' reading of the text, not on background knowledge

2. Questions should be written at a lower level of language difficulty than the text

This is important because you want to ensure that comprehension is based on understanding of the text and not understanding of the question itself. (This is important for lower-proficiency learners, especially K-12 learners)

1. Write items that test meaning rather than trivial detail

True/False items are said to test gist or intensive understanding very well

7. Include enough questions

True/False questions are a reliable way of testing students' comprehension if there are enough items. It is recommended that teachers include a minimum of seven to ten questions on their tests when using this format