Construction and Validation of Achievement Test In Science For Standard 8th

Authors

  • Prof. Pinakiniben J. Parekh  Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry, Kamani Science College, Amreli, Gujarat, India

Keywords:

Construction, Standardization, Science Achievement Test

Abstract

Achievement test is tool for teaches for evaluation of students in school situation. It is a test of knowledge based, something learned. The main purpose of an achievement test is to determine one’s knowledge in a particular subject. It helps in measuring the amount of success of an individual in specific field. In school environment it is used as an instrument to measure success of an individual in particular subject or group of subjects. The present study was conducted with the purpose to construct and validate an achievement test in science for 8 std. students of high school of Surendranagar district. The test consisted of 200 items covering all aspects of science text book of standard 8, published by Gujarat Rajya Shala Patya Pustak Mandal, Gandhinagar. After doing rigorous item analysis, 100 items were retained in the final version of the test. Test-retest reliability was calculated and value of coefficient of correlation was found to be 0.85. Validity of the achievement test was established by comparison with annual exam marks obtained in science, on the sample of about 110(boys and girls) . The correlation between them was found to be 0.79.

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International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology

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2018-01-30

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Volume 4, Issue 2, January-February-2018

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Prof. Pinakiniben J. Parekh, " Construction and Validation of Achievement Test In Science For Standard 8th, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp.1205-1209, January-February-2018.