FoL 2026
EDM

The Cognitive Cost of Poor Item Design: How Item-Writing Flaws Shape Response Time and Difficulty Across Assessment Domains

Mon Jun 29, 2:00 PM–2:25 PM · North 202
★ Notable speakers
Steven Moore — Learner sourcing; human-AI collaboration for educational content creation; NLP for assessment and feedback

Quantifies the cognitive cost of poorly written test items, showing how item-writing flaws affect response time and perceived difficulty across multiple assessment domains.

Authors

Steven Moore