Preparation of Blue Print and Test Construction
Asst. professor in Education Darrang College, Tezpur mukulsaikia@gmal.com
Dr. Mukul Saikia
THE LEARNING TRIANGLE
GOALS & OBJECTIVES
LEARNING EXPERIENCES
EVALUATION
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Goals vs. Objectives:Goals
General areas (e.g. language; math; science ) Goals are set by society (boards, universities)
Objectives
More specific, fit within the general areas (e.g. to speak, read, write; to use geometry to determine tree height; to understand conditions in which diseases spread) Objectives are set by educators
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Taxonomy of Educational Objectives:
We generally think of, and create goals and objectives in, three domains of behaviour:
Cognitive Domain knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, etc. Cognitive domain has been very influential in education. Affective Domain feelings, interests, attitudes, values, etc. This reminds us of the important other side in education but the domain has not been that influential with educators Psychomotor Domain reflex and expressive movement, physical skills and abilities, etc. Has to do with actual performance, not test item performance.
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What is test blue print?
A test blueprint is a document that reflects the content of an assessment that you will give your students. It contains: the instructional objectives, the questions or tasks to match the instructional objectives, and the learning domains and levels therein at which you ask students to think and perform on the test. A test blueprint, then, is the plan that you create and use when building a test.
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A test blue print consist of a table as under:Name of test:. Subject: Class: Date: Topics to be tested:
Blooms Cognitive Levels Learning objectives Knowledge E 1. M D Understanding E M D Application E M D Total no of questions
2.
3.
4.
5. Total
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KEY: E=Easy, M=Moderate, D=Difficult
Preparation of Blue Print: Steps
1. list all the instructional objectives 2. consult syllabus, lesson plans, and learning objectives listed in course material etc. For example, a course learning objective for Indus Valley Civilizations requires Students will know the regions and periods covered by this course.
3. Decide on the length and format of the test according to time available for the test, the item types and number of each type of items.
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Preparation of Blue Print: Steps:
Subject: EVST Class: IV Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Total Marks:100 Format: objective, short and long type Topics: 1) Animal World
2) Plants Around Us 3) Food and Health 4) The Story of Water 5) Means of Transport
Item Format Time Marks Number of items Marks/item Time/item
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Objective type 20minutes 20 20 1 1 minute
Short type 25 minutes 35 5 7 5
Long type 45 minutes 45 3 15 15minutes
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Preparation of Blue Print: Steps
o List out all the topics selected for testing and the time allotted for each topic:
Serial No. 1 2 3 4 5 Topics Animal World Plants Around Us Food and Health The Story of Water Means of Transport Total hours Period of instruction 16 10 12 8 8 54
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Preparation of Blue Print: Steps
o Calculate the percentage to weightage (marks) for each topic, adjust
Serial No.
1 2 3 4 5
Topics
Animal World Plants Around Us Food and Health The Story of Water Means of Transport Total hours
Periods of instruction
16 10 12 8 8 54
Calculation
16/54X100 10/54X100 12/54X100 8/54X100 8/54X100
Percentage
=29.6 =18.5 =22.2 =14.8 =14.8 100
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Preparation of Blue Print: Steps
o Relate the marks for each type of questions:
Topics Percentage Objective type Short type Long type
Animal World
Plants Around Us Food and Health The Story of Water Means of Transport Total
29.6=30
18.5=18 22.2=22 14.8=15 14.8=15 100
8
4 4 3 3 20
7
7 7 7 7 35
15
15 15
45
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Preparation of Blue Print: Steps
o Write the test questions or select from a test bank and indicate the cognitive level:
Cognitive Level
Knowledge
Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis evaluation Total 20 35 45
12
Objective type
Short type
Long type
3
10 7 7 14 7 7 15 15 15
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Six levels of Cognitive learning:-
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Blooms taxonomy of objectives :EVALUATION SYNTHESIS Justify, Decide, Rate, Recommend, Choose, Assess Compile, make a plan, find relationships, predict
ANALYSIS
APPLICATION UNDERSTANDING KNOWLEDGE
Explain, compare, contrast, examine, identify, categorize
Show, complete, classify, illustrate, solve Explain, compare, discuss, predict, outline Name, list, mention, tell, write,
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Construction of a Test:First step: Outline learning objectives or major concepts to be covered by the test
Test should be representative of objectives and material covered
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Construction of a Test (Contd.) :Second Step: Create a test blueprint
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Construction of a Test (Contd.):-
Third Step: Create questions based on blueprint Fourth Step: Organize and/or ideas by item types 9/24/2013
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Construction of a Test (Contd.):Fifth Step: Eliminate similar questions Sixth Step: Reread all of the items try doing this from the standpoint of a student Seventh Step: Organize questions logically Eighth Step: Time yourself actually taking the test and then multiply that by about 4 depending on the level of students
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Construction of a Test (Contd.) :Ninth Step: Analyze the results (item analyses)
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Thus test construction goes through
Planning, Making the preliminary draft, Try out, Item Analyses, Preparing the final draft, Standardization.
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Criteria of a GOOD TEST:if the test is
Valid? Reliable? Objective? Usable?
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