Nursing education

seminar on administering a

test, scoring, grading versus

marks

Administering a test:-

introduction Administering the written test is perhaps the most important aspect of the examining process.

The test administrator’s manner, bearing, and attitude may well inspire confidence in competitors and put them at ease while participating in the testing process.

Steps of administering a test

motivate

direction

Time accuracyrecord

Collection

Principles in test administration:- all students must be given a fair chance to

demonstrates their achievement of the learning Students will not perform at their best if they are

tense an anxious during testing, the antidote to anxiety is to convey to students, by word and deed, that the test results are to be used to help them to complete the test.

Avoiding things while testing:-

1). Avoid talking

2). Keep interruption 3). Avoid giving hints 4). Discourage cheating

Environmental condition

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Distributing material

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Answering questions during test

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Preventing cheating

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Collecting test material

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scoring

Introduction:- Some standardized testing uses

multiple-choice tests, which are relatively inexpensive to score, but any form of assessment can be used.

Scoring issues:- Human scoring is often variable, which is why

computer scoring is preferred when feasible. Open-ended components of tests are often only a

small proportion of the test. Most commonly, a major test includes both human-scored and computer-scored sections. These major tests do not measure the student's overall ability in learning.

Grading:- grading, often confused with evaluation, involves

quantifying data and assigning value.

Methods of grading:- Analytic method:- Advantages of analytic method:- It can yield very reliable scores. The preparation of detailed answer may bring to the

teachers. Attention such errors as faculty wording extreme difficulty, complexity of the question and unrealistic time; limits.

The subdivision of the model answer can make it easier to discuss with the students the marks awarded to them.

Limitations of analytical method:- It is very laborious and time

consuming. In attempting to identify the elements,

Undue attention may be given to superficial aspects.

Global method:- In global scoring the ideal answer is not subdivided

into specific points and component points. the examiner is interacted to read the responses rapidly from a general impression and using some slandered assign a rating to the responses-use good-average-poor for final discrimination use.

Advantages:-it is very effective when large numbers of essays are to be ready.

MARKING: - marking or scoring is the process of awarding

a number (usually), or a symbol to represent the level of student learning achievement. The most common method is by adding up the number of correct answers on a test, and assigning a number that correlates

Marking schemes:-

Marking Criteria and Standards Marking criteria are the categories or dimensions

that the marker will be using to judge the student work. (e.g. quality of argument, research, technical aspects, etc).

Standards are the actual level of performance which might be achieved by students against each criterion.

Marking criteria:- Standards may be described using a variety of

outcome descriptors: • Excellent, good, satisfactory, poor, very poor • Competent, satisfactory, not yet satisfactory • Level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

GRADING VS. MARKS:-

Conti.... symbolic representations that summarise the quality

of student work and level of achievement. A grading system and a "marks" system are really

the same thing, so one of them is not better than the other.

Both the marking system and the grading system have their pros and cons. Whereas marks help students identify their exact scores, grades place students in predefined categories such as A and B.

Under the marking system, even if two students are of similar calibre, one can ace out the other by a fraction of a point.

Conti... This level of assessment encourages

competitiveness. To score that one extra mark,

students devote more time to

study and pay attention to detail.

The positive side-effect of this is

that the students acquire knowledge.