| 释义 |
distractor, n. U.S.|dɪˈstræktə(r)|
[f. distract v. + -or.]
Any of the incorrect options in a multiple-choice question, esp. one which is beguilingly plausible.
1951R. L. Ebel in E. F. Lindquist Educ. Measurement vii. 195 The multiple-choice form consists of the item stem (an introductory question or incomplete statement) and two or more responses (the suggested answers to the questions, or completions of the statement). In this discussion the correct response or responses will be called the answer(s), and the incorrect responses, the distractors. 1966Guttman & Schlesinger Devel. Diagnostic & Mech. Ability Tests (Cooperative Research Project) 7 This method lends itself to the systematic construction of distractors differing in degree of attraction. 1976Woman's Day (N.Y.) Nov. 60/3 The multiple-choice format usually provides one answer that the testers call a ‘distractor’ and kids call a trick because it's almost correct. 1984B. Duvall Kindergarten Performance for Reading & Matching Four Styles of Handwriting (ERIC Document 265 536) 3 Kindergarten children..were asked to match typeset distractors to small letters b, d, g, l, m, [etc.]..handwritten in four styles. |