EDU405 Final Term Subjective Papers

EDU405 Classroom Assessment Final term Subjective paper · Solved by sahar · Final Term Paper · Total Questions 35 · MCQS 20 · Subjective 15 · Paper no: 1

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Define link and loop in assessment. 3 marks

Answer: Assessment is not an isolated concept, it is always linked to some other things as well. What is a loop? A loop is defined as a process which is connected to its beginning. A system is said to perform closed-loop processing if the system feeds information back into itself. Assessment is also done in a loop such as, a system that keeps informing the beginning means that some change is to be made there and then the cycle starts. See the image below Decision - Action - Reaction

Assessment creates loops with the exams or tests and secondly with the process of assessment. Processes involved in assessment: Design Develop Implement Evaluate Assess

Q2. Give example of mode (2 marks)

Answer: What is Mode? The mode is the value which appears the most often in the data. It is possible to have more than one mode if there is more than one value which appears more than others. For instance: 2,15,6,8,4,6,10,3,6,13,6,11,6 Mode: 6 The data values: 2,2,3,5,5,7,8

3. What is standard deviation

Answer: Standard Deviation A quantity expressing how much the members of a group differ from the mean value for the group. It can be interpreted as an individual value compared with the mean.

4. How assessment guide teacher in learning

Answer: “Classroom assessment is an approach designed to help teachers find out what students are learning in the classroom and how well they are learning it” Types of bias 2 marks

Answer: Unfairness

• When some one’s right denied due to like or dislike. In assessment, normally it is associated with teachers. • It creates a mistrust among the stakeholders of assessment and hence affects the whole process. Unfairness questions the standards of assessment.

Topic 46 Offensiveness

• Using such language in question or such attitude that may offend some one. For instance the conflict between the white and the black in America during the civil war. • Offensiveness not only deforms the image of the teacher, but also proves that assessment system is not reliable.

Q5. Write Two types of graph (2 marks)

Line Graphs:

Comparing various sets of data can be complicated, but line graphs make it easy. The plotted peaks and dips on the grid allow you to monitor and compare improvement and decline. Line graphs are most often used by scientists, professionals and students. Topic 255 Bar Graphs

Bar Graphs:

Compare data in a simple format consisting of rectangular bars. With a few varieties to choose from, settling on the right bar graph might be confusing. Should you go with a horizontal, vertical, double or group bar graph?

6. Characteristics of essay type answers

• Very common
• Explain in detail, based on the information
• Critical analysis
• Cause/effect
• Compare/contrast

Briefly describe characteristics of short answers

Answer: The student needs to give:

• Precise information
• Specific information
• Complete understanding
• You know
• You understand
• You apply
• You analyses
• You synthesis
• You evaluates

Q7. What is knowledge lvl in bloom taxonomy give one example on ur own. (5 marks)

Answer: Knowledge Level At Knowledge Level of Learning a student can define terms Knowledge refers to rote memorization of facts and information. 1. Students will be able to define nouns. 2. Students will be able to name the items given in the pictures.

Q8. Whn bloom taxonomy is created. (2 marks)

Answer: 1956

9. What is distracter analysis

Answer: The best distractor is one that contains the common mistakes that students will make. In distractor analysis, however, we are no long: interested in how test takers select the correct answer, but how the distracters were able to function effectively by drawing the test takers away from the correct answer.

10. Benefits of rubrics

Answer: Using a set of criteria and standards (directly tied to the stated learning objectives), educators can assess each student's performance on a wide variety of work, ranging from written essays to class projects. A rubric makes explicit a range of assessment criteria and expected performance standards. Assessors evaluate a student's performance against all of these, rather than assigning single subjective score.

Q11. What is frequency. (2 marks)

Answer: What is Frequency? The frequency is the number of times each value occurred. For example, if 24 occurs 6 times in some data, its frequency is 6

Q12. What is the definition of graph (2 marks)

A diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, typically of two variables. each measured along one of a pair of axes at right angles