Unit Test: unit 5

 

Unit Test:

Teaching and testing are the integral part of educational system. Testing is implicit in teaching some of the stages, which may be properly marked for testing procedures.

1.      During teaching.

2.      At the end of teaching a daily lesson.

3.      At the end of teaching a unit.

4.      At the end of the term.

5.      At the end of the year/curriculum.

   A test at the end of a teaching unit is known as the unit test.

Usually the test / Examinations are held based on the entire syllabus. A unit test is not a random assessment of questions. It is preplanned, systematic and scientific test.

A unit test is a test which is constructed, administered and assessed by a teacher after teaching a particular unit to the students.

Characteristics of Unit test:

1.      Unit test is an Evaluation tool for measurement of pupils and knowledge achievement and to improve by giving feed back.

2.      It is based on a single unit.

3.      It is administered at the completions of the unit.

4.      It is clear from the above evidence that a unit testing is an integral part of teaching process. Unit testing makes instruction a dynamic process through continuous evaluation and regular feed back.

Steps for setting up a unit test:

      The steps for setting up a good and meaningful unit test are,

A) Planning (Design) of the test:

1.      Unit Analysis

2.      Content Analysis

3.      Weightage to content.

4.      Weightage to type of questions.

5.      Weightage to objectives.

6.      Weightage to difficulty level.

7.      Preparation of Blue print.

B) Editing the unit test:

1.      Construction of items

2.      Selection of items

3.      Grouping of test items.

4.      Instructions of Examinee.

5.      Sections in the question paper.

6.      Preparing a marking scheme and scoring key.

C)  Reviewing the Question Paper:

1.      Question-wise analysis.

2.      Critical evaluation of the test.

D)  Administering the Test:

E) Interpret the test results:

1.      Score the answer scripts.

2.      Item analysis (After the test)

F) Statistical Treatment:

1.      Based on measures of central tendency values.

2.      Based on quartile points.

3.      Based on frequency polygon & histogram.