Appendix 1: Pre-assessment moderation checklist and guidelines

Pre-assessment moderation checklist

Course Title

Semester

Academic year

Assessor

Internal moderator

Date of internal moderation

Assessor Internal
Moderator

1. The time allocated for the assessment is appropriate.

2. The marks allocated are appropriate to the question.

3. The assessment is technically and factually correct.

4. The questions are at an appropriate level of complexity

relative to the OQF levels.

5. The assessment can differentiate between low-performing

and high-performance students through different question
difficulty levels.

6. The assessment is free of linguistic and grammar errors.

7. The key answers require students to use higher cognitive

skills.

8. All the outcomes have been assessed (in a final

assessment).

9. The assessment aligns with the program's learning

outcomes and some graduate attributes.

10. The content is culturally sensitive.

 Moderation question Response

A1 Is the assessment instrument

aligned with the course/ course
outcomes?

A2 Is the assessment task

appropriate to the nature of the
course?

A3 Have all the course outcomes

been assessed (if the assessment
is final)?

A4 Is the task / Are the questions

pitched at the correct difficulty
level?

A5 Is the marking memorandum / Are

the key answers accurate,
sufficiently flexible and adequate
to reasonably judge the answers?

A6 Is the assessment instrument free

from errors and unambiguous?

A7 Does the assessment require

students to demonstrate a range of
skills in the discipline?

A8 Will the assessment allow for

differentiation between
academically strong and weak
students?

A9 Is the time allocated for the

assessment appropriate for the
questions and/or assessment
task?

Signature of Assessor

Signature of HoD

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Appendix 8: Exam Review Form (Bloom's Taxonomy)

Academic year: _____________________

Course Name: _______________ Course Code: _______________

Fall / Spring /
Semester: Exam Type: Midterm / Final
Summer

Please classify the questions as per Bloom's taxonomy and fill in the table given
below.

S. No Bloom's Taxonomy % of % of Remarks of reviewer

Parameters MCQs questions

1. Recall/define/duplicate/
statement

2. Classify/ describe/
explain/ recognize/
select

3. Solve/ interpret/ sketch

4. Compare/contrast/orga
nize/distinguish

5. Analyze/
application/calculation

6. Creative/drawing/formul
ate/develop

Total

Examiner - Name and Signature Reviewer - Name and Signature

__________________________________ __________________________________

Date: _____________________________ Date: _____________________________

Approved by Exam and Assessment

Committee: __________________________________

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