12-02-2013, 08:51 PM
Objectives:
Upon completion of this assignment, students will be able to:
Better understand the important ingredients for constructing an educational achievement
test
Know how to develop specific and clearly defined items relevant to the construct.
Activity:
Dear Students!
Here is an activity for you to construct an educational achievement test!
Educational achievement tests are constructed to test the developed skill/knowledge. The scores
obtained from these tests are used to determine the level of instruction for which a student is
being prepared. High scores on educational achievement tests reflect a mastery of material in a
particular grade and the readiness for advanced instructions. In a vice versa situation, students
can be referred for remediation or repeating a course grade.
You are required to take a syllabus book (of any subject) from grade three to five and start
writing multiple choice items while using educational objectives of knowledge (recall of specific
facts), comprehension (understanding the purpose or meaning of something) and application
(using information and ideas in novel situations).
Instructions:
Follow the below mentioned instructions while developing the test.
Maximum No. of items should be 10.
Items should be specific and clearly defined.
Test’s reading difficulty level should be appropriate for test takers.
Length of items should be reasonable.
Double- barreled items must be avoided.
Note:
This is a non-graded activity. Its purpose is to enhance your command on the subject. It’s
marks will not be included in your final assessment.
Only in the case of Assignment, 24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is usually
available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students on last date.
This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above mentioned due dates
should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience.
Important Instructions:
Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution.
Deadline:
Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment will be
accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the instructor.
Formatting guidelines:
· Use the font style “Times New Roman”/ “Arial” and font size “12”.
· It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003.
· Use black and blue font colors only.
Solution guidelines:
· Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical
assignment.
· Give the answer according to question.
· For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the
video lectures and use other reference books also.
Rules for Marking:
Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0)
· It has been submitted after due date
· The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt
· It is in any format other than doc (MS. Word)
· It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc
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