Art of question paper making
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This document discusses the art of question paper making and the important role a question paper plays as a teacher's "stethoscope" to test student learning, diagnose difficulties, and prescribe activities. It provides guidelines for creating reliable, valid, balanced, and fair question papers including ensuring relevance, variety, and a friendly format while avoiding ambiguous language and unnecessary details. Question papers should accurately measure the intended content and skills, engage students of all levels, and produce consistent results over time. The document emphasizes that question papers must be carefully constructed to effectively assess student learning and improve performance.
Art of question paper making
- 1. THE ART OF QUESTION PAPER MAKING Dr. KAMALUDHEEN K.T. MA (Eng), M.Ed (Edu), LLB, NET (Edu), M.Phil (Edu), PhD (Edu) 0091 9656498980 drkamalkt@gmail.com
- 3. A Question Paper is the Stethoscope in the Hands of a Teacher
- 4. A teacher uses it • to TEST the learning rate • to DIAGNOSE the learning difficulties • to PRESCRIBE the academic activities • to MITIGATE the educational ailments.
- 5. Doctor’s Stethoscope 1. Lub dubs 2. Wooshes 3. Wheezes 4. Gurgles Teacher’s Question Paper 1. Knowledge 2. Understanding 3. Application 4. Skills
- 7. “Nothing in the content or structure of a question item should prevent an informed student from responding correctly”
- 8. 1. Supportive Self-directive Timing Expected Response of Direction 2. in Length of Answer
- 9. 3. Zero Marking Stage Marking Concept/Point Marking Trial Marking Space Marking in Marking Scheme
- 10. 4. confusing and ambiguous terminology being overly verbose, using complicated vocabulary difficult or poor sentence structure unnecessary and distracting detail in Language of Questions
- 11. “A question Paper is said to be reliable, if it produces almost the same results when the question paper is given TWICE to same students under the same circumstances in a reasonable length of time”
- 12. “It refers to the consistency with which a question paper measures the achievement of students”
- 13. “A question paper is valid to the extent to which an assessment accurately measures what it is intended to measure”
- 14. 1. Weightage in Specification (Predictive Validity) 2. Content Coverage (Content Validity) 3. Equity in Forms of Questions (Construct Validity)
- 15. “A Question Paper is said to be Balanced, if all students happily engaged with; all showed some percentage of improvement in their performance; all exhibited better involvement and relationship with the subject”
- 16. for Underachiever, Average and Advanced Learners Checking Various Competencies Progressive in difficulty to reduce tension.
- 17. “A question paper is said to be fair, if it carries the attributes of test design like, • Relevance • Variety • Friendliness • Scorability and Practicability • Authenticity”
- 18. 1. Relevance in Content 2. Novelty in Forms of Questions 3. Child-friendly in Format 4. Scorability leading to equity 5. Error Free and Eye-friendly 6. Reinforcer & Releaser
- 21. No repetition of questions within a question paper and from test paper to test paper. The area tested can be the same but the question must be framed differently If questions from the previous year paper are being sourced they need to be reframed suitably Word of caution….
- 22. Before Exam Property of School At the time of Exam Property of Student After exam A public Property
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