RESULTS OF ASSESSMENT (VIRTUAL EXPERIMENT

LESSON)
We had given the ten MCQ questions for assessing pupils
understanding of the lesson using virtual experiments on “Habitat”.

The results of the assessments the pupils according to the question

in sequence are as follows:

From the table:

Group Total
Que 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 correct
stion answers
1           4
2           8
3           6
4           7
5           7
6           6
7           8
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• Question 2 has no wrong answers.

• Questions 4 and 10 have 1 wrong answer each.
• Questions 1,3,5,6 and 7 have 2 wrong answers.
• Questions 8 and 9 have 6 wrong answers.

The questions show variations in its difficulty level for each of the
pair of pupils. It is obvious that question 2 is the easiest question
and all the pupils got that question correct. However, for question 8
and 9 almost all the pupils find that question hard to answer, with
only group 3 were able to answer question 8 and only group 7 were
able to answer question 9.
The mean of difficulty for each question:
Question 1: 2/7 = 0.29
Question 2: 7/7 = 1.00
Question 3: 2/7 = 0.29
Question 4: 1/7 = 0.14
Question 5: 2/7 = 0.29
Question 6: 2/7 = 0.29
Question 7: 2/7 = 0.29
Question 8: 6/7 = 0.86
Question 9: 6/7 = 0.86
Question 10: 1/7 = 0.14

The highest mean of 1.00 shows it is the easiest question among all
the questions with the lowest mean of 0.14 which is the hardest
question for the pupils to answer.

Strengths of the assessment

• The question provides options of answers, where they can

narrow down their answer down beyond the choices given.
• The question is simple and straightforward and pupils can
choose the answer without writing essay type answers that are
long and time consuming.
• Marking of the papers were easy and teachers just have to
look at the wrong and correct answer and grade it
immediately, without involving any thinking and reasoning to
why and how the pupils answer the questions.
• Since the assessments are done in pairs, pupils can discuss
among themselves and can be an advantage.
Weaknesses of the assessments

• Some of the questions ask about a general knowledge which is

not in the lesson content at all. Such as “Why does elephants
have big ears? The options of answers are confusing as well
where all answers can be considered the correct ones.
• The questions are subjective and objective questions might
help the pupils in explaining their answers and clarify teachers
on where they had done wrong.
• There are insufficient answers provided for each questions.
• There is a likelihood of pupils passing through chance.

Conclusion

In summary, by comparing the mean of difficulty for each of the

questions shows that question 2 was the easiest question and
question 9 was the most difficult for the pupils to answer. This is
proven by the number of wrong answers done by the pupils.
Furthermore the assessments prepared for the virtual experiment
lesson has its benefits and weaknesses. It is up to the teacher’s
wisdom to select the most suitable assessment according to the
pupils cognitive level and the lesson being taught to the pupils.