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What is assessment? What is the purpose of assessment? Types of assessment instruments MCQ structure, design, do’s and don’ts? Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Learning Activities Learning Objectives Assessment of learning

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU The process of: Planning for evidence collection Collecting of evidence Interpreting the collected evidence Using the evidence

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Formative To support the learner in the learning process Diagnostic What does the learner know now? Are there gaps in understanding? Summative Pass or Fail?

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Multiple choice questions True – False items Matching items Short answer / concise response Many more….

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Fill in the blanks Essay / extended response Report writing Open book assignment Take-home assignment

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU A question in which learners are asked to select one alternative from a given list of alternatives in response to a "question stem". Stem "Which one of the following is the currency unit used in Zambia?"

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Alternatives (answer choices/ options) A Zambian dollar B Kwacha C Rand D Lilangeni Key B Distractors A C D (the incorrect responses)

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Types Single correct response "Which one of the following is the currency unit used in Zambia?" Incomplete stem The currency used in Zambia is called:

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU A wide range of knowledge, skills and attitudes can be tested in a relatively short time ALL levels of knowledge can be tested using MCQ Easy to score Reliable Different response alternatives can provide diagnostic feedback

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Difficult to set Time consuming to prepare Assessors tend to focus on lower cognitive levels only

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Keep stem simple and ensure clarity Avoid negatives – if used use CAPITALS Example: "Which one of the following is NOT an inert gas?“ Use ‘none of the above’ or ‘all of the above’ sparsely

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Keep responses about equal in length Undesirable: The most general cause of low individual incomes in Romania is a. The lack of valuable productive services to sell b. Unwillingness to work c. Automation d. Inflation

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Keep responses about equal in length Desirable: What is the most general cause of low individual incomes in Romania? a. A lack of valuable productive services to sell. b. The population's overall unwillingness to work. c. The nation's increased reliance on automation. d. An increasing national level of inflation.

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Ensure stem and responses are grammatical consistent eg A chain of islands is called an: a. archipelago. b. peninsula. c. polder d. moraine.

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Avoid using similar word in stem and response eg The height to which a water dam is built depends on a. the length of the reserve behind the dam. b. the volume of water behind the dam. c. the height of water behind the dam. d. the strength of the reinforcing wall.

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Place correct responses randomly - no pattern in the reponses e.g. DCBADCBA ….. When possible, present alternatives in some logical order eg dates

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Be certain there is only one best or correct response to the stem Ensure ALL responses are plausible Questions are to be independent

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Avoid the use of specific determiners which would permit a test-wise but unprepared learner to respond correctly. Specific determiners refer to sweeping terms like "all," "always," "none," "never," "impossible," "inevitable," etc. Statements including such terms are more likely to be false.

Materials produced under Phare 2006 financial support Phare TVET RO 2006/ EUROPEAN UNION Project financed under Phare MoERI/ NCDTVET-PIU Designing a interactive face-to-face session around a few MCQs. MCQs can be presented in a variety of ways in face-to-face sessions Short tests for diagnostic feedback Multiple choice questions for group discussion