2016

Assessment and Evaluation

Submitted by: Nidda Marium

Submitted to: Dr. Nasir Mehmood
6/29/2016
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A Critical study of Pakistan Studies Question paper of Grade-10

The students’ assessment remains the keystone of the Education system. It helps in gauging
output and outcomes of the learning process. It is necessary that to ascertain all the aspects of
leaning by developed, transparent and independent assessment system. So it should be
competent enough to determine students’ level of achievements. While constructing each item
of question paper there is a need of selecting appropriate item format. Test items should move
from easy to difficult and must be followed by some taxonomy.

For this purpose, the previous examination paper of year 2014 has been critically analyzed. And
identified some weak areas such as, deviation from test construction rules, organization of
questions and the levels of cognitive domain are not followed etc. Each type of items of the
question paper is fully explained.

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Objective Type items (Selection type)

1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

It is noteworthy that format of all the responses/alternatives of 5 items are horizontally
instead of putting vertically below the each stem. Secondly the items are written at the only
knowledge level of taxonomy, Although MCQs are considered as the unique among all other
test items, because it can also measures the levels of comprehension and application.

i. Poor: Libya lies in________ (Middle East, North Africa, Asia)

Firstly the stem of Item 1 is meaningless and does not provide the definite problem and
secondly the alternative are not plausible. Let’s assume that item was written to
measure the following objective:
The students will discriminate the exact location of Libya within the continent or
amongst the other continents.
(Modified item within the continent)
Libya is the country of________.
a) East Africa
b) North Africa
c) Central Africa
(Modified item amongst the continents)
Libya is situated in the continent of________.
a) North Asia
b) North Africa
c) North America

ii. Poor: Manmade forests are those which are

(grown on mountains, planted ones, evergreen ones)
Item 2 has major faults. Firstly it is, of course, based on trivial information and secondly
contains the “stemclue” i.e. the stem is linking to the answer and easily guessed by the
students.
Modified:
iii. Water Logging and salinity is the disease of (Soil, Trees, Animals)
Item 3 is based on overly general content

iv. Liaquat Ali Khan present the Objective Resolution in

(March 11, 1949, March 12, 1949, March, 13 1949)
two very common rules are violated in item 4. Firstly there is no proper use of grammar
accordance with past tense in the stem. And secondly the event in the stem is not
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matching to the date of responses which presents the impression of double statement
i.e. Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, had presented it in the assembly on March 7, 1949.
While The Objectives Resolution was passed on March 12, 1949.

Modified: The Objective Resolution was presented by Liaquat Ali Khan in _____
a) 7th March 1949
b) 17th March 1949
c) 27th March 1949

v. Pakistan’s 4th population census was in (1972, 1981, 1998)

item 5, contain the grammatical error, the stem doesn’t follow the simple structure of
sentence and words are not in order which obviously cannot clear the text of the body
of the question. Moreover the word “census” is complete in itself; “Population” is
superfluous word.
Modified: The forth Census of Pakistan was held in_______
a) 1972
b) 1981
c) 1998

2. Alternative form ( true/false)

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