Subject :- Research Methodology in Education

Assignment No. 3

Preparing a tool for data collection (item writing, experts opinions, item editing, tryout on 10)

ACHIEVEMENT TEST:- MARKS-30

Question 1-Instructions to the class: Circle the nouns in these sentences. (5 marks)

1. The cat and the dog were playing in the park.2. Sheela went to see the Happy New Year at the theater.3. Love and peace are better than hate and war.4. Chota Bhim is my favorite show on television.5. Imagica is a fun place to be with my friends and parents

Question 2-Instructions to the class: From the choices provided after each sentence select a pronoun that would correctly complete the sentence (5 marks)1. Be sure that everyone brings ____________ own book. HIS OR HER THEIR

2. Most of the workers were wearing ____________ hard hats. HIS OR HER THEIR

3. It's always best for a student to ask questions when ____________ doesn't understand a problem. SHE THEY

4. The children in that neighbourhood often ride ____________ bikes through the park. HIS OR HER THEIR

5. Both of the bicycles in the garage ____________ broken. IS ARE

Question 3-Match out the pair (Adjectives) (5 marks)1. beach2. Healthy 3. Perfumed4. Slow5. metallic

car turtlesandy mealshirt

Question 4- Cross out the wrong word (Prepositions) (Any 2) (2 marks)

1. On/own/in- our own 2. From/him/his the president3. in/on/upon the table4. on/but/into the dark5. in/if/over the river

Question 4- Find the adjective in the first sentence and fill in the blanks with the corresponding adverb. (any 3) (3 marks)

1. Jay is careful. He drives .2. The girl is slow. She walks .3. Our teacher is angry. She shouts______.4. He is a bad writer. He writes_______ .5. Ahmed is a nice guitar player. He plays the guitar ______

Question 5-Change the verb & write it. (any 2) (2 marks)1) She__________ (bring) some chocolates to the party.2) I__________ (hear) a new song on the radio.3) I _________ (forget) to buy some milk.

4) You ________ (lose) your keys last week.5) He ______ (tell) me that he lived in Kalyan.

Question 6-Choose the correct conjunction. (Any 3) ( 3 marks)1. I need to work hard ___________ I can pass the exam.2. _______ he was very ill, he didn't take any medicine.3. She went to the shops __________ couldn't find anything that could fit her

needs.4. Everybody likes him because he is nice _________ helpful.5. Keep quiet ________ go out

Question 7-Complete these sentences with suitable interjections (Hurray!, Hallo!,Oh!,Hush!Aha!.) (5 marks)

1.__________ We have won the match.2.__________ Where are you going now?3.__________ What a beautiful color?4.__________ I hear some one coming5.__________ What a place

Item Analysis WorksheetTen students have taken an objective assessment. The quiz contained 10 questions. In the table below, the students’ scores have been listed from high to low (Joe, Dave, Sujie, Darrell, and Eliza are in the upper half). There are five students in the upper half and five students in the lower half. The number “1” indicates a correct answer on the question; a “0” indicates an incorrect answer.

Student

Name

Total Score (%)

Questions

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Joe 100 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Dave 90 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1Sujie 80 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0Darrell

70 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1

Eliza 70 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1Zoe 60 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0Grace 60 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1Hannah

50 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

Ricky 40 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1Anita 30 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

Calculate the Difficulty Index (p) and the Discrimination Index (D).

Item# Correct

(Upper group)

# Correct (Lower group)

Difficulty (p)

Discrimination (D)

Question 1 4 2 0.6 0.4Question 2 5 5 1.0 0Question 3 4 4 0.8 0Question 4 4 1 0.5 0.6Question 5 5 2 0.8 0.6Question 6 5 3 0.8 0.4Question 7 4 1 0.5 0.6

Question 8 4 2 0.6 0.4

Question 9 1 3 0.3 -0.4Question 10 4 2 0.6 0.4

Answer the following questions:

1.Which question was the easiest? Question #2 (p=1.0)

2. Which question was the most difficult? Question #9 (p=.03 – only 30% of the students got it correct)

3. Which item has the poorest discrimination? Question #9 (D=-0.4 – it has negative discrimination – the lower students were more likely to get it correct)

4. Which questions would you eliminate first (if any) – why? Question #9 – because of the negative discrimination.