This course enables students to construct teaching objectives under cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains, and prepare essay and objective (multiple choice, matching type, true and false, and structured or simple recall) type tests that are meant to measure the attainment of the instructional objectives. The concepts of reliability, validity, and simple item analysis of the teacher made tests; interpreting data from standardized tests, test administration, grading and reporting are discussed. Need for a marking scheme. Special attention is focused on grading systems using such measures as the mean, mode, median, standard deviation and their interpretations. Grading using the absolute norms, normal curve (Five eight, nine and eleven-point scales of passing), percentile rank, Stanine, T-Score, and Z-Score are also emphasized.
- Teacher: PETRONILA MWANGI
Skill Level: Beginner