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Improve multiple choice tests using item analysis

Improve multiple choice tests using item analysis Item analysis report An item analysis includes two statistics that can help you analyze the effectiveness of your test questions. The question difficulty is the percentage of students who selected the correct response. The discrimination (item effectiveness) indicates how well the question separates the students who know the material well from those who don’t. Question difficulty Question difficulty is defined as the proportion of students selecting the correct answer. The most effective questions in terms of distinguishing between high and low scoring students will be answered correctly by about half of the students. In practical terms, questions in most classroom tests will have a range of difficulties from low or easy (.90) to high or very difficult (.40). Questions having difficulty estimates outside of these ranges may not contribute much to the effective evaluation of student performance. Very easy questions may not sufficiently challenge the most able students. However, having a few relatively easy questions in a test may be important to verify the mastery of some course objectives. Keep tests balanced in terms of question difficulty. Very difficult questions, if they form most of a test, may produce frustration among students. Some very difficult questions are needed to challenge the best students. Question discrimination The discrimination index (item effectiveness) is a kind of correlation that describes the relationship between a student’s response to a single question and his or her total score on the test. This statistic can tell you how well each question was able to differentiate among students in terms of their ability and preparation. As a correlation, question discrimination can theoretically take values between -1.00 and +1.00. In practical terms values for most classroom tests range between near 0.00 to values near .90. If a question is very easy so that nearly all students answered correctly, the questions discrimination will be near zero. Extremely easy questions cannot distinguish among students in terms of their performance. If a question is extremely difficult so that nearly all students answered incorrectly, the discrimination will be near zero. The most effective questions will have moderate difficulty and high discrimination values. The higher the value of discrimination is, the more effective it is in discriminating between students who perform well on the test and those that don’t. Questions having low or negative values of discrimination need to be reviewed very carefully for confusing language or an incorrect key. If no confusing language is found then the course design for the topic of the question needs to be critically reviewed. A high level of student guessing on questions will result in a question discrimination value near zero. Steps in a review of an item analysis report Review the difficulty and discrimination of each question. For each question having low values of discrimination review the distribution of responses along with the question text to determine what might be causing a response pattern that suggests student confusion. If the text of the question is confusing, change the text or remove the question from the course database. If the question text is not confusing or faulty, then try to identify the instructional component that may be leading to student confusion. Carefully examine the questions that discriminate well between high and low scoring students to fully understand the role that instructional design played in leading to these results. Ask yourself what aspects of the instructional process appear to be most effective.

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Audio Tracks for Pyramid Competition 2013 - The Wright Brothers

Audio Tracks for Pyramid Competition 2013 - Marie Curie

Audio Tracks for Pyramid Competition 2013 - Leif Erikson

Tips from Teachers and Practice Prompts

Tips from Teachers and Practice Prompts

The International Creative Writing Competition is about creativity and less about grammar and spelling (though they are somewhat important).  The best ways to help students prepare are to help stimulate their creativity and to practice writing on the prompts as much as possible

Many students struggle with being creative.  It may help to practice creativity first, then writing. 

NOTE:  Prompts will be given in English and Mongolian at the competition.

Ideas for stimulating creativity among your students:

·         Draw a picture related to the topic, especially if it is a visual topic.

·         Have them close their eyes and visualize (in their minds) the topic.

·         Brainstorm ideas as groups and then as individuals on a topic.

·         Use charts and other graphic organizers to find and organize ideas about a topic.

·         Have them share ideas with each other.

Tips for writing the essays:

·         Take a few minutes and quickly plan your essay.

o   What ideas do you have – main idea(s) and supporting ideas?

o   Write a quick outline to decide in what order you will write.

·         Answer all parts (questions) of the prompt.

·         Use lots of descriptions, including good adjectives and appeals to the five senses.  What did it look like?  Sound like?  Smell like?  Feel like?  Taste like?

·         Many prompts ask for a reason for your idea(s).  (Why?)  Make sure to give a reason or several reasons.

·         Don’t worry if it sounds silly.  Be as creative as you can! 

·         After you finish writing, if you have time, check the wording, grammar, and spelling.  Before that, don’t worry about it.

·         If you make a mistake while writing, cross it out and keep writing.  (The judges should be able to read it just fine.)  Don’t take time to erase something or use a correction pen.  Those take too long!

Prompts from 2011:

8^th grade:  If you could have any superpower, what would it be and how would you use it?

9^th grade:  If you could fill the night sky with something other than stars and planets, what would it be and why?

10^th grade:  What is the funniest thing you have ever done or that has ever happened to you?

11^th grade:  What was God like as a child?

Prompts from 2012:

8^th grade:  Write about what you would cook for an enemy.

9^th grade:  You wake up, go to the bathroom, and look in the mirror.  A different face looks back at you.

10^th grade:  Write about a think you feel should not have been invented.

11^th grade:  Write about your perfect place.

International Creative Writing Competition

International Creative Writing Competition

Arkhangai Aimag Competition

DATE:  Saturday, March 9, 2013

TIME:  2:00pm 

               Final registration begins at 1:30 and ends at 1:55.

PLACE:  Teachers College Building A (new building)

                   Second floor

ENTRY FEE:  1000 tugrugs 

This is available to all local secondary school students 8^th through 11^th grades and university students from all years.  Students will each write an essay in English.

You will be given a topic and will write a creative essay on the topic.  You will be judged on your creativity and very little on grammar or spelling.  (Your essay, however, should be understandable.)  You will have one hour to write.  No dictionaries, thesauri, or mobile phones will be allowed.

Winners from each grade/year will receive awards, and their essays will be sent to the national competition in Ulaanbaatar.

How to register:  Fill out the registration form and give to your teacher, along with 1000 T.  Or, come early on Saturday and register then.  (Make sure to bring 1000T!)

We will begin right at 2:00.  Those who come late will not be allowed to make up any missed time.

Registration form for International Creative Writing Contest

The International Creative Writing Contest

2013 Entry Form, Mongolia

Participant Information (required)

Name (last, first): ____________________________

Age: ______

Grade/Course: ______

Volunteer’s Name: ___________________________

School: _____________________________________

Aimag: ____________________

City/Town: ____________________

English Teacher’s Name: ______________________

Extra Information (optional)

1. What are your hobbies?

2. What things are important to you?

  

3. What are your special talents?

4. What is your favorite color?

5. What is your favorite animal?

  

6. What is your favorite song?

7. When is your birthday?

  

8. What are your like and dislikes?

The International Creative Writing Contest

2013 Entry Form, Mongolia

Participant Information (required)

Name (last, first): ____________________________

Age: ______

Grade/Course: ______

Volunteer’s Name: ___________________________

School: _____________________________________

Aimag: ____________________

City/Town: ____________________

English Teacher’s Name: ______________________

Extra Information (optional)

1. What are your hobbies?

2. What things are important to you?

  

3. What are your special talents?

4. What is your favorite color?

  

5. What is your favorite animal?

6. What is your favorite song?

  

7. When is your birthday?

8. What are your like and dislikes?

Англи хэлний "Пирамид" тэмцээний текст - Бүх анги

The Wright Brothers

            The Wright brothers were Orville Wright (born August 19, 1871 and died January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (born April 16, 1867 and died May 30, 1912). They designed, built, and flew the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air airplane on December 17, 1903. They had been experimenting for many years with gliders and other vehicles before their first powered flight. They are also known for making the first way to steer an airplane. They designed the aircraft in Dayton, Ohio, and their first test flight was in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

            The Wrights both grew up in Dayton, Ohio. They were two of seven children. Their father was Milton Wright and their mother was Susan Catherine Koerner. Their father was a minister in the Church of the United Brethren of Christ. They went to high school, but didn’t receive a diploma; Orville dropped out of high school during his junior year and started a printing business in 1889. Their weekly newspaper was called the West Side News, where Orville was the publisher and Wilbur was the editor. After that, they started a shop to build and repair bicycles. In 1892 they opened a repair and sales shop for bicycles called the Wright Cycle Exchange. Four years later they manufactured their own brand of bicycle.

By this time, the Wrights were interested in flight, especially the gliders of Otto Lilienthal from Germany. They used the money they made from the bicycle shop to fund their interest in flight. They thought controlling a plane was one of the big problems of flight. Lilienthal and others had been killed when they could not control their glider aircraft. The Wright brothers fixed the problem by building wings that could be twisted a little and moved up and down slightly.

            From 1900 to 1902, they built gliders in Dayton and tested them in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where there were strong and steady winds. During these years, they also made small versions of the wings, and built a wind tunnel to test how well different wing shapes would lift an airplane.

In 1903, they built a powered airplane called the Wright Flyer I, that had wooden propellers and a light but powerful engine. The Wright Flyer airplane first flew successfully on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The first flight went 120 feet (37 meters) for 12 seconds, at a speed of 6.8 miles per hours (10.9 km/hour). This was the first time people ever flew a powered airplane they could control. (Before that, people flew in balloons or gliders, or for a very short time in planes they couldn't control.) The two brothers continued to make changes to their design, and had a very good plane by 1905.

            After that, they started a company to build airplanes and had a “patent war” with Glenn Curtiss over who could make money from the invention of the airplane. Curtiss and some others had created “ailerons” which helped control the plane in a way very similar to the way that Wright brothers had created. The Wright brothers didn’t want Curtiss making money from the ailerons. Curtiss greatly disagreed with the Wright brothers about the patent, and in 1909 he sold an aircraft that had ailerons on it to the Aeronautic Society of New York. The Wrights filed a lawsuit against Curtiss, and against other foreign aviators. The Wright brothers won their case against Curtiss in February 1913 because the judge said that ailerons were covered under the Wright’s patent.

However, in April 1912, Wilbur took a business trip to Boston regarding the patent war and fell ill. When he returned to Ohio, he was diagnosed with typhoid fever, and after several weeks he died, at the age of 45, on May 30. So, Orville continued working to keep his reputation as the first man to fly.

In 1915, Orville sold his airplane company and it then became the Wright-Martin company. In 1917, World War I was happening, so the U.S. government asked the airplane industry to form an organization that made it okay to build planes for the war effort without going against the patents. They called this organization the Manufacturers Aircraft Association. Two millions dollars were paid to both the Wright-Martin company and the Curtiss company.

            Neither brother ever married. After Orville sold his company, he retired and became an important adviser for aviation, where he served on official boards and committees, including the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Orville died of a second heart attack on January 30, 1948. Both brothers are buried at the family plot in Woodland Cemetery, in Dayton, Ohio.