University examination: The examiners perspective
Journal Title: Journal of Education Technology in Health Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction Education is a joint process of teachers managing and arranging curriculum resources and of students acquiring the necessary understanding sensibilities and skills Evaluation is an integral part of this system Examiners approach may affect students performance during summative exam For the benefit of students it is important to know the examiners views towards students Objective To analyze examiners views while evaluating students performance during theory and practical examination Material and Methods After ethics approval a validated questionnaire based crosssectional study was conducted at NKPSIMS RC Questionnaire was categorized into A General questions B Questions related to theory paper correction C Questions regarding practical examination and viva Questionnaire was given to teachers n 62 who were examiner for university examination in their respective subject Statistical Analysis Mean Standard Deviation SD and percentage was derived for each itemResults Teachers gave much importance to theory paper correction Mean 740 SD 233 and practical examination viva Mean 861 SD151 They gave maximum importance to content of answer sheet Mean 847 SD 189 and least importance to number of pages filled by student Mean 513 SD 287 Most of teachers gave importance to knowledge of student Mean 935 SD 108 Conclusion In present study teachers had given much importance to content of answer sheet in theory paper correction and knowledge competency during practical examinationKeywords Summative examination University examiner Written examination Practical examination
Authors and Affiliations
Amruta V. Dashputra, Suresh Chari, Madhur Gupta
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