Evaluating Language Pedagogy

Evaluating Language Comprehension and Proficiency Evaluating Language Pedagogy Questions. CTET Questions on Evaluating Language Pedagogy Primary and Upper Primary TET Questions on Evaluating Language Pedagogy.

1. Which statement is true?
ⓐ Evaluation is what we call assessment.
ⓑ Evaluation is more comprehensive than assessment.
ⓒ Evaluation is a narrow Concept
compared to assessment.
ⓓ Evaluation is wha we call examination.
Ans: ⓑ Evaluation is more comprehensive than assessment.            

2. More recentiy Summattve evaluation is called-
ⓐ Evaluation for Learning.
ⓑ  Evaluation of Learning.
ⓒ  Evaluation of Skill.
ⓓ Evaluation for Skill.
Ans: ⓑ  Evaluation of Learning.

3. More recently, formative evaluation’ is called-
ⓐ Evaluation for Learning.
ⓑ  Evaluation of Learning
ⓒ  Evaluation of Skill
ⓓ Evaluation for Skill
Ans: ⓐ Evaluation for Learning.

4. What are the there components of Furst’s model of any organized instruction ?
ⓐ pedagogic process, learning objectives, content analysis
ⓑ  communicative process, learning objectives, content analysis.
ⓒevaluational objectives, learning experience, evaluation process.
ⓓ content analysis, objectives, teaching strategies.
Ans: ⓒ evaluational objectives, learning experience, evaluation process.

5. Language ability test is also a kind of
ⓐ psychological test
ⓑ  attitude test
ⓓnon-verbal test       
ⓒ personality test
Ans: ⓐ psychological test.

6. Which of the following statements are true for ‘assess assessment for learning’?
(i) It shares learning goals with students.
(ii) It helps students to recognise the aim.
(iii) It provides feedback to students.
ⓑ  only (i) & (ii)
ⓐ only (i) & (ii)
ⓒ (1) & (i) &(ii)
ⓓ none of the statements.
Ans: ⓒ (1) & (i) &(ii)

7. Rank ordering is done in-
ⓐ criterion-referenced test
ⓑ  norm-referenced test
ⓒ Ipsative-referenced test
ⓓ diagnostic test.
Ans: ⓑ  norm-referenced test.

8. In ipsative-referenced test-
ⓐ a learner’s performance is measured against his own previous pertormance.
ⓑ  a teacher’s performance is compared to other’s performance.
ⓒ a student’s performance is measured against some pre-determined objectives.
ⓓ measures achievement of a group of leamers.
Ans: ⓐ a learner’s performance is measured against his own previous pertormance.

9. One testing authority wants to find out the level a learner will learn most effectively in a situation where there are different levels and streams. For this purpose they will organize what type of ?
ⓐ proficiency test
ⓑ  entry/placement test
ⓒ progress test
ⓓ diagnostic test
Ans: ⓑ  entry/placement test.

10. Annual examinations in our schools are examples of-
ⓐ achievement test.
ⓑ formative test.
ⓒ proficiency test.
ⓓ aptitude test.
Ans: ⓒ proficiency test.

11. Suppose you have to give a remedial coaching to Someone.For this purpose you will take a-
ⓐ proficiency test
ⓑ placement test
ⓒ diagnostic test
ⓓ progress test
Ans: ⓒ diagnostic test.

12. For finding out areas of strength and weakness of a student we will take a /an-
ⓐ progress test.
ⓑ proficiency test.
ⓒ achievement test.
ⓓ diagnostic test.
Ans: ⓓ diagnostic test.

13. Back-wash or wash -back of examination is-
ⓐ the influence which examinations have on our teaching.
ⓑ the influence of administration  problem which affects teaching.
ⓒ parents expectation which affects teaching.
ⓓ defects of formative assessment that affect teaching.
Ans: ⓐ the influence which examinations have on our teaching.

14. Which of the following is an example of measurement based method?
ⓐ diaries
ⓑ classroom observations.
ⓒ journals.
ⓓ checklist. Ans: ⓓ checklist.

15. Which of the following is an example of descriptive data-based method?
ⓐ quizzes.
ⓑ attitude scales
ⓒ journals
ⓓ questionnaires.
Ans: ⓒ journals.

16. The purpose of evaluation is –
i) to bring a change in teaching-leaming programme.
(ii) to explain and confirm existing classroom procedure.
Which statement is true’?
ⓑ only (ii) is true.
ⓐ only (i) is true.
ⓒ both (i) & (ii) are true.
ⓓ neither (i) nor (ii) is true.
Ans: ⓒ both (i) & (ii) are true.

17. Which one is not a characteristic of a fair test?
ⓑ reliability
ⓐ validity
ⓓ difficulty
ⓒ usability
Ans: ⓓ difficulty.

18. Driving test is an example of what kind of assessment?
ⓐ criterion-referenced assessment.
ⓑ norm-referenced assessment.
ⓒ competence-based assessment.
ⓓ formative assessment.
Ans: ⓒ competence-based assessment.

19. Theoretically, in what type of test all the students can score 100 percent marks or all of them can get zero.
ⓐ placement test
ⓑ norm-reterenced test
ⓒ reliable test
ⓓ criterion-referenced test.
Ans: ⓓ criterion-referenced test.

20. The question ‘Who is your favourite poet?’ is an example of-
ⓐ objective type question
ⓑ subjective type question
ⓒmultiple choice type question
ⓓ cloze type question
Ans: ⓑ subjective type question

21. ‘A cloze test‘ is-
ⓐ that measures the learner’s ability to negotiate meaning from the context despite gaps or omission.
ⓑ that identifies the location of errors.
ⓒ that involves multiple choice items.
ⓓ that involves transformation of items.
Ans: ⓐ that measures the learner’s ability to negotiate meaning from the context despite gaps or omission.

22. ‘Cloze test’ is a test where-
ⓐ students have to write a long essay.
ⓑ students transfer information from a passage to a table.
ⓒ every nth word is omitted from a passage and students have to complete it.
ⓓ students identify errors in a passage.
Ans: ⓒ every nth word is omitted from a passage and students have to complete it.

23. Impressionistic marking is-
ⓐ giving a single score on the basis of overall reading of the written work.
ⓑ awarding marks to his own answer by the students.
ⓒ multiple marking of a Written answer.
ⓓ analytical marking of a wWritten answer.
Ans: ⓐ giving a single score on the basis of overall reading of the written work.

24. The same script is sometimes marked by 3 or 4 examiners for greater reliability. This is a kind of-
ⓐ code marking
ⓑ holistic marking
ⓒ multiple marking
ⓓ analytical marking
Ans: ⓒ multiple marking.

25. An ‘open ended’ question means-
ⓐ the answer will be a fixed one.
ⓑ the answer will be objective.
ⓒ the answer will be short.
ⓓ the answer will vary from student to student.
Ans: ⓓ the answer will vary from student to student.

26. You allow your student to prioritize the criteria for assessment. This is technically called-
ⓐ self- assessment.
ⓑ pair-assessment.
ⓒ negotiating assessment.
ⓓ summative assessment.
Ans: ⓒ negotiating assessment.