· Meaning of blue print
It is a detailed plan of action or outline in a technical form. It
was first used at construction and industry. Later it was used in car modeling,
animation story boarding, etc. Basically, it is used at those areas where we
want a detailed plan of action before executing finally. It provide students an
interactive approach for education planning to meet the curriculum expectations
and learning objectives. It is a matrix or chart reporting the number and type
of test questions. The questions represent the topics in the content area. The questions are based on the learning
objective¢ from each topic. It also identifies the percentage(%) weighting of
cognitive dimensions
PURPOSE OF BLUE PRINT
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To provide conceptual map of
examination format and¢ the
content area
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Type of measurement tool for
assessing the items¢
weighting the respective column of learning objectives
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It
guides item collection and development¢
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It
provides a clear framework for the teacher to¢ design items which assess the important concept or
thinking skill listed in the test blueprint.
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It also provide sources for the
formative use of the summative assessment
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to satisfy the bloom’s taxonomy
of educational¢ objective
GUIDELINE / STEPS TO PREPARE BLUE
PRINT
1.
Content analysis¢
2.
Determination of learning
objectives¢
3.
Determination of no. of items
for each topic based¢ on
learning objectives
4.
Determining the types of
questions¢
Importance of a blueprint
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Why the blueprint is inevitable,
essential can not the paper be set without preparing the blueprint? If he does
so what will be the demerits of that question paper
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In order to be more precise.
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It gives clear vision about the
aims and objectives of teacher
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Function as an indicator
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Shows right direction
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Work becomes easy
CHARACTERISTICS OF IDEAL QUESTION PAPER
It should be prepared according to
the aims and objectives of the syllabus. It should cover all the four
objectives like knowledge, comprehension, application and expression. It should
also cover long-term and short-term goals.
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It should be prepared according the
content taught. It should cover entire course. All the topics of the content
should be covered up.
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All types of questions should be
covered up. This means short answer type , essay type and objective type of
questions.
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Answers should be definite. One
question must have one answer.
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There should not be too much
weightage to a particular topic or part of the syllabus.
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Questions should not be ambiguous
or asked to confuse students. Questions should be clear and comprehensive .
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Instructions and directions should
be in simple language and straightforward.
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Question paper should not be too
easy or too difficult. It should be able to distinguish between dull and
brilliant students.
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Question paper should be time
oriented. It should not be too lengthy or too short.
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There should not be scope of
subjective evaluation.
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Marking system should be fair and
easy. 60 % for the content and 40% for
language errors.
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Test items should be reliable and
valid because some questions may not be directly connected with the content,
some may not be authentic others may not be relevant to the objectives.
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Questions should also testify
mental abilities as well such as imagination, reasoning etc.
