Given the following scores: 88, 83, 83, 87, 88, 80, 80, 76, 81, 83, and 84. About how many percent of the scores fall between -2sd and +2sd units of its mean?
A. 34%
B. 68%
C. 95%
D. 98%
C. 95%. Using the area under the normal curve, the total area from -2sd and +2sd units of its mean is 13.59% + 34.13% + 34.13% + 13.59% = 95.44% 0r 95%.
Teacher X gives a 50-item test in Mathematics. The mean performance of the group is 27, and standard deviation is 5. Edgar obtained a score of 31. Which of the following best describes his performance?
A. Below Average
B. Average
C. Above Average
D. Outstanding
C. Above Average (x + 15 = 27 + 5 = 32). The score of Edgar is within above average scale.
Prof. Gabuyo administered a short quiz after doing the exercise on polynomial functions to find out how well his students understood the topic. What type of assessment was done?
A. Placement Assessment
B. Summative Assessment
C. Diagnostic Assessment
D. Formative Assessment
D. Formative Assessment is an assessment procedure used to determine the student’s learning progress, provides feedback to reinforce learning, and corrects learning errors.
The college secretary of the College of Business Administration conducted an assessment at the beginning of the semester to find out who among the 2nd-year accountancy students can proceed to 3rd year. The result will also be used for sectioning purposes. What types of assessment was given to the students?
A. Placement
B. Diagnostic
C. Formative
D. Summative
A. Placement Assessment includes assessment procedures used to determine the learner’s pre-requisite skills, degree of mastery of the course goals, and/or best mode of learning.
All second-year students presented their portfolio for the Mathematics subject at the end of the semester. Teacher, students, parents, and office staff were allowed to view and give their evaluation on the presentation. Which authentic assessment was used in this process?
A. exhibit
B. seminar
C. program
D. conference
A. Exhibit is an item that is shown off for the public.
Teacher Ana wants to establish the reliability of her quarterly assessment. Which of the following is appropriate?
I. Administer a parallel test.
II. Sped the test
III. Develop a very easy test
IV. Administer the same test twice.
A. I, III, IV
B. I, II, IV
C. I, II
D. I, IV
B. Statement I, II, and IV are approaches of the reliability of a test.
Which of the following statements is NOT true about rubrics?
I. Rubrics is developmental.
II. Rubrics can be used for summative and formative assessments.
III. Rubrics can provide both graded and detailed feedback to improve future performance.
IV. Students should not be involved in the rubric construction.
A. I only
B. II and III
C. I, II and III
D. IV only
D. IV only. Statement I, II, and III are descriptions of rubrics. Statement IV is not true about rubrics. You can involved students in developmental/construction of rubrics.
Teacher Renz constructed a matching-type test. In his column of descriptions are combinations of dates of events, current issues, and names of politicians. Which rule of constructing a matching type of test was NOT followed?
A. The descriptions must be heterogeneous.
B. The descriptions must be homogeneous.
C. The options must be greater than the descriptions.
D. The options should be in order.
B. The descriptions must be homogeneous. In developing a multiple-choice test, you must see to it that the content will be homogenous.
Which of the following is NOT included in the assessment of affective learning targets?
A. Teacher observation
B. Peer evaluation
C. Student Self-assessment
D. Summative evaluation
D. Summative assessment. Teacher observation, Peer evaluation and student self-assessment can assess effectively the affective learning outcome. Summative assessment can effectively assess cognitive learning outcomes.
Which of the following instructional objectives is the lowest level of Krathwohl’s cognitive taxonomy?
A. Identify the kinds of measures of variation.
B. Compute the standard deviation value: 26, 27, 33, 33, and 38.
C. Compare and contrast inter-quartile range and standard deviation.
D. Explain the concept of dispersion
A. Identify the kinds of measures of variation is the lowest level of Krathwohl’s cognitive taxonomy, which is the remembering level. It is followed by D. next is B and the highest is C.