Assessment in Education Suggestion for constructing a good essay type test The test constructor or the paper setter as he is (ii)The expected length of the answer of each question should be indicated on the paper. (iv) Question should be Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Assessment in Education 4.2 ESSAY TYPE TEST Examination may be classified on the basis of of questions i.e. essay type, objective type and oral type type etc. The essay question requires the student to provide a Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Assessment in Education 4.1 Objective Type Tests Definitions: 1.Gilbert sax (1989) defines objective tests as: "Any test having clear and unambiguous scoring criteria. Because multiple choice and true false tests can usually score objectively, they Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Assessment in Education Chapter-4 COMPARISON BETWEEN ESSAY TYPE AND OBJECTIVE TYPE TESTS Tests are typically divided into two general categories; 1.The objective item, which is highly structured and requires the pupils to supply a word or two or to select the Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 3.3 Restricted Response Test The freedom of response provided by essay questions is not an all or nothing affair but, rather, a matter of degree. At one extreme, the response is almost as restricted Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Assessment in Education 3.2 Short Answer Type Test The short answer item requires pupils to supply the appropriate word, number, or symbol to a question or incomplete statement. It can be used for measuring a variety of simple Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 3 min read
Assessment in Education 3.1 Completion Type Test Characteristics: 1. It is supply type test. 2. It is in the form of sentence in which one or more words have been left out with blanks. 3.The examinee Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education Chapter-3 SUPPLY TYPE TEST An effective testing programme is an integral part of instruction, tests in the past have been the major criteria for making judgement in this field. The teacher is aware of Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education Matching type test Merits: 1.It is in compact form and measures large amount of factual material in short time. 2.It can be easily constructed. Demerits: 1.Honogeneous material is difficult to find. Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education Characteristics of matching type Test 1.It is a selection type test. 2.It consists of two parallel columns. 3.Word, number or symbol in one column is matched to a word, sentence or phrase Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education 2.3 Matching Type Test The matching exercises consist of two parallel columns of phrases, words, numbers, or symbols that must be matched. Examples of items included in matching exercises are persons and achievements, dates Tauseef Ahmad 19 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Assessment in Education Suggestions for Construction of multiple-choice type test item: (a)A.J. Nitko (1983) Supports the following three steps of Ebel (1979): (i) Create the stem of the item by forming a question or an incomplete sentence that implies Tauseef Ahmad 18 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education Merits of Multiple choice items: Multiple choice type test have become very popular. They are most highly regarded because they have several advantages which are as follows: (a) They can measure from the rote knowledge Tauseef Ahmad 18 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Assessment in Education 2.2 Multiple choice items The multiple-choice item consists of a problem and a list of a alternative solutions. The pupil responds by selecting the alternative that provides the correct or best solution to the Tauseef Ahmad 18 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Assessment in Education 2.1 Alternate Response/True-False Tests (i)Stanley and Hopkins (1990) observe: "The true-false tests is a form that is very popular with classroom teachers has been the object of more criticism than any other Tauseef Ahmad 18 Aug 2023 · 2 min read
Assessment in Education SELECTIVE TYPE TEST The construction of classroom tests, like other phases of teaching, is an art that must be learned. It is not automatically derived from a knowledge of subject matter, a formulation Tauseef Ahmad 18 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education G. Checklist: The checklist, the simplest of the devices, is a prepared list of behaviour or items. The presence or absence of the behaviour may be indicated by checking yes or no, Tauseef Ahmad 18 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
Assessment in Education F. Projective Devices A projective instrument enables subjects to project their internal feelings, attitudes, needs, values, or wishes to an external object. Thus the subjects may unconsciously reveal themselves as they react to Tauseef Ahmad 18 Aug 2023 · 1 min read
