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Asia-Pacific International University

Assignment 07

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE COURSE EDUC

390 EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT & EVALUATION UNDER THE

CONDUCTION OF DR. OKTAVIAN MANTIRI

BY

Fang Yin 201300246

“I certify that this assignment is my own work for this course, and is free from plagiarism. I understand

that the assignment may be checked for plagiarism by electronic or other means. The assignment has

not previously been submitted for assessment in any other course or institution. I have read and

understood Asia-Pacific International University’s academic integrity policy.”

Signed: Date：

Muak Lek, Saraburi, Thailand April 28, 2016

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Content Description of the class ..............................................................................................................................................3

Chapter/ Unit outline ..................................................................................................................................................5

The purpose of assessment ..................................................................................................................................... 10

Explanation for the test items ................................................................................................................................. 10

Unit 1&2 Test ........................................................................................................................................................... 12

Part 1/ Section A ...................................................................................................................................................... 13

Part 1/Section B ....................................................................................................................................................... 14

Part 1/Section C ....................................................................................................................................................... 16

Part 1/Section D....................................................................................................................................................... 17

Part 1/Section E ....................................................................................................................................................... 20

Part 1/Section F ....................................................................................................................................................... 24

Part 2 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 25

Answer Key ...................................................................................................................................................... 26

Part 1/ section A .............................................................................................................................................. 26

Part 1/ Section B .............................................................................................................................................. 27

Part1/Section C ................................................................................................................................................ 28

Part1/Section D ............................................................................................................................................... 29

Part 1/ Section E .............................................................................................................................................. 32

Part 1/ Section F .............................................................................................................................................. 32

Part 2 ............................................................................................................................................................... 34

Self-Report ....................................................................................................................................................... 36

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Assignment # 7

Name: Fang Yin

Lesson Topic: Science

Grade: Grade 3

Length of time: minutes

Topic: Life Cycle of Animal and Plant

Description of the class

This class is made for the third grade science class of Chinese Adventist International

School. The Chinese Adventist International School is organized by several Adventist churches in

China. The school is located in a small beautiful city called Kunming in Yunnan Province. The

weather of four seasons is like spring, therefore people named here ‘Spring City’. The teachers

are from different countries and they all speak American English. This institution provides

education from pre-K to grade 6 and there are 700 students and 80 faculties and staffs in the

campus to help this education system running.

The local student occupy 60% of the whole population, and 14% of students are from other areas

of China, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. 12% of students are from western countries,

such as America, Canada, and New Zealand. 8% of students are from Taiwan and 6% are from

Korea. Due to the diversity of nationality, there are various religions too. As the account shows,

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only 40% of students are Adventists and 13% are Christian too but from other dominations. The

rest is included 17% of Buddhist, 15% of Atheists and 5% of Catholicism.

The students of this school are 344 females 356 males. As there are majority Asian

students, English is not their first language. They have chosen this school due to two reasons, first

is this is a Adventist school, second is this is an English speaking school where the non-English

speaker can train themselves with fluent English. At the same time, all the teachers of this school

are Adventists and they were all graduated from qualified university, they are good at teaching

children and they have a lot of teaching experiences. This is the biggest reason for those parents

to trust in this institution.

This school has adopted American curriculum which puts more emphasis on children

centered and hands on teaching. The school offers English, Math, science, PE, Bible classes and

other extra- curriculum activities. To this science class, the subject will be taught by one teacher,

and several formative assessments will be given at the end of each unit. However, summative

assessment will be given too. This summative assessment is needed to checking the progress of

the students and it makes them to be aware of their own revision on this subject.

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Chapter/ Unit outline

Total Teaching Hour: 3 hours 20 minute/35minutes per class Date: April 4th –April 15th 2016

Chapter/Unit Outline Goals/Objectives Types of assessment Assessment Item

Unit Title: The life of an

Animal

Definitions: Life Cycle

Metamorphosis

Inherited Trait

Learned Trait

Goal: students will be

able to understand the

life of an animal and a

plant.

Objectives:

By the end of the unit

the students will be

able to:

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Organisms change

in growth

Different type of

life cycle such as

bear and birds

what makes you

You

1. Identify the concept

of metamorphosis in

different organisms

with 100%

accuracy.(15mins)(unde

rstanding)

2. Analyze and

describe the

sequences of the

steps in life cycle of

organisms with

100% accuracy.

(15mins)

(Analyzing)

3. Recognize the

differences

Formative or summative

Formative or summative

Formative

Restricted response:

Sentence/short

answers (lab activity,

observation on

organism)

Objectives

item/restricted

response: multiple

choice, listing, and

short answers.

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Unit Title: The Life of a

Plant

Definition: Embryo

Germinate

Flowering Plant

Conifer

Life cycle of pant

between inherited

traits and learned

traits with 100%

accuracy. (15mins)

(understanding)

Objectives:

By the end of the

unit the students will be

able to:

4. Identify the concept

of embryo and

germinate, and tell

Formative or summative

Restricted response:

short answers, listing

and matching.

Restricted responses:

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Flowering plants

reproduce by

making seeds

Life cycle of

conifers

how does a plant

life cycle begin?

With 100%

accuracy. (15mins)

(comprehension)

5. Recognize the parts

of a flowering plant

and the steps of the

life cycle of a

flowering plant with

100% accuracy.

(20mins)

(knowledge)

6. Compare the plant

which produces

conifer and

flowering plant with

Formative or summative

Formative or summative

Sentences.

Objective

Item/restricted

response:

True and false, short

answers.

Restricted responses:

True and false, and

matching.

Restricted response:

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Other ways of

reproduction of

plants

100% accuracy.

(15mins)

(comprehension)

7. Categorize different

types of plants due

to the ways of

reproduction of the

plant with 100%

accuracy. (10mins)

(Analyzing)

Summative

Listing

Restricted response:

short answer, drawing,

labeling.

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The purpose of assessment

This unit test defines as formative assessment. This test helps teacher to measure the

progress of students as they finish learning this unit. It also provides a chance for the

students to see their strengths and weaknesses. This assessment can be seen as an

evaluation that provides feedback for students to adjust their learning strategies and also

for the teacher to adjust their teaching style. However, when parents are involved, this

assessment can provide information to the parents in order to supervise their kids. In the

form of formative assessment, it continuously measures the learning process of students

and how are they doing in order to master the knowledge of these two units.

Explanation for the test items

Section A: True and False Items: it is used to check students’ ability to distinguish

facts and opinions.

Section B: Multiple Choice items: it is used to measure students’ ability of

understanding and application of the principles, and interpret cause-effect

relationships.

Section C: Matching: it is used to assess students’ ability to identify the accurate

answer according to what they have learned.

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Section D: short answers: it is used to test students about specific knowledge

and simple interpretation of information about the units. In this section,

students need to recall the information or be able to compute the answer.

Section E: Interpretive Exercise items: it is used to assess students’ ability to

interpret written materials, charts, graphs, maps, pictures and reference

source. Students have to be able to measure more complex learning

outcomes and measure separate aspects of problems solving skills.

Section F: Restricted-response essay: it is used mainly to assess learning

outcomes that cannot be assessed with objective test items. Students have

to think critically and they have the freedom of response to the objective. It

requires higher order thinking skills toward the subject.

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Unit 1&2 Test

3rd Grade Science

Examiner: Fang Yin

Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Time: 8:00-10:00 am

Location: IT 235

Exam weight: 10% of Final Grade

Student Name:

ID#:

Final Score:

Instruction:

1. Time Allowed: 10 Minutes reading time / 2 hours completing questions

2. This units test integrated 5 parts:

Section A: True and False Items 10 points

Section B: Multiple Choice Items 10 points

Section C: Matching 10 points

Section D: Short Answer Items 29 points

Section E: Interpretive Exercise 15 Points

Section F: Restricted-Response Essay 10 points

Total: 84 points

3. Answer all the questions and write the answer within the provided space

4. The total number of the page is 30 pages including cover page

5. Students will not be permitted to leave the examination room within the first

30 minutes. 6. The test consists Two parts: ①Writing part / ② Hands-on performance.

PLEASE DO NOT TRUN THE PAGE TILL TEACHER ALLOWS TO DO SO.

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Part 1/ Section A

True-False (write True in the provided blank when the statement is correct; write False if

the statement is incorrect) (10 marks)

Topic: the life of an Animal (5 marks)

E.g All the animals change physically in growth. True

1. The second stage in the life cycle of a butterfly is pupa.

2. Reproduction means the organism creates new organism like itself.

3. Adult frog only lives in the water.

4. Animals like bear and cats go through metamorphosis stage as they grow.

5. Bird’s eggs develop outside of the female’s body.

Topic: the life of a Plant (5 marks)

E.g: The life cycle of plants can be very short or very long. True

6. The stages in a plant’s life cycle are not similar to an animal’s life cycle.

7. Seeds do always germinate right away.

8. Flower has female and male parts.

9. Conifer, which has leaves that look like needles or brushes.

10. Seeds do not need certain conditions to germinate and grow.

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Part 1/Section B

Multiple Choice (Circle the most appropriate answer for each question.) (10 marks)

11. What is a pupa? a. a new form of butterfly

b. A hard case around caterpillar

c. A egg that laid by a female butterfly

12. What is metamorphosis?

a. A change in body form.

b. Eats more when it grows

c. A change in its size

13. These organisms below all go through metamorphosis, except?

a. Butterfly

b. Frog

c. Dogs

14. A tadpole can breathe air on the land, when

a. It has legs and its tail shorten

b. It is a fish tadpole

c. Its lungs replace it gills

15. These animals below hatch from eggs outside the female’s body, except?

a. Birds

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b. Cats

c. Turtle

16. Which plant of the flowing does not contain a seed?

a. Peanuts

b. Pumpkins

c. Ferns

17. What is a flowering plant?

a. A plant with many flowers on itself

b. A plant does not produce fruit

c. A plant that produces seeds in flower

18. Which of the following is not included in conifers?

a. Spruce

b. Christmas fern

c. Pine trees

19. A flowering plant needs to grow?

a. Light, water

b. Oxygen and nutrients

c. Both a and b

20. A spore can grow into a new plant without ?

a. Light

b. Oxygen

c. Water

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Part 1/Section C

Matching (draw a straight line to connect the answers which match with the correct

statement) (10 marks)

The organism’s life ends. 1. Yolk

21. The organism gets larger. It may take on a new form. 2. Inherited traits

22. The food for the developing bird inside a shell. 3. Birth

23. The characteristics that come from your parents. 4. Growth

24. The traits which are being taught or learned from experience. 5. Learned

25. The organism’s life begins. 6. Death

7.Metamorphosis

A seed is a tiny capsule that contains a plant . 1. Fall

26. A is a substance in food that an organism needs to live. 2. Pollen

27. The male part of a flower makes . 3. nectar

28. Long-day plants bloom in the when days get longer. 4. Nutrient

29. Short-day plans bloom in the when days get shorter. 5. Winter

30. A sugary liquid in flowers is called 6. Embryo

7. Spring

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Part 1/Section D

Short Answer (read the statements below, write a short answer on the blank provided)

(29 marks)

31. Fill in the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly in the provided blanks (4 marks)

32. List down three kinds of animals that grow and develop inside the female’s body (3 marks)

1.

2.

3.

33. Explain the inherited traits and learned traits (2 marks)

Inherited trait:

Learned trait:

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34. Fill in the three stages of life cycle of frog in the provided blanks (3 marks)

35. List down the stages organisms go through in their life cycle (4 marks)

1.

2.

3.

4.

36. What does a seed do for a plant embryo? (2 marks)

1.

2.

37. How do animals help the life cycle of a flowering plant? (2marks)

1.

2.

38. Describe the life cycle of a conifer. (5 marks)

1.

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2.

3.

4.

5.

39. List down the two plants that have bulbs which were mentioned in the class. (2marks)

1.

2.

40. List down the two kinds of cones a pine tree makes. (2 marks)

1.

2.

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Part 1/Section E

Interpretive Exercise

41. Direction: Please look at the pictures below in the columns carefully and

decide which ones of the pictures show the animals that come from an egg

and develop outside of the mothers, and see which ones did not go through

the stage of egg. Only write the representative numbers according to the

categories they belong to. (6 points)

④

③

② ①

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⑥

⑤

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a) First was egg, but later altered into different look

b) Delivered by the mothers, develop outside of the mother

42. Direction: Look at the two pictures below, and answer the questions. (4

points)

①

②

①

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a. The conifer plant:

b. The flowering plant:

Please give an example for each plant (conifer, flowering)

a. Conifer plant:

b. flowering plant:

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Part 1/Section F

Essay (10 marks)

43. Write down the facts about life cycle of an animal you learned in the class as much as you

can. Put them into few sentences or a short paragraph (within 3 lines) with your best hand

writing. (5 marks)

44. Nancy is a little girl, one day, her parents took her to the park and she saw a big tall tree. But

she did not see any flower on the tree, and instead, she saw many brush-like leaves on the tree.

She started to wonder what this tree is and why it does not have beautiful flowers on it. Can

you explain to Nancy about this tree by using the knowledge you have learned? (Write within 2-

3 lines) (5 marks)

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Part 2

45. Please use the provided pencil and coloring pencil to draw a life cycle of any animal that you

can think of. And label the stages by using different coloring pencils. (The animal should not be the

ones studied in class)

46. Collect the fallen leaves from the ground and make a specimen album. Please collect the leaves

from both conifer trees and flowering trees and make a label for these kinds with coloring pencils.

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Answer Key

Part 1/ section A

True and False

1. The second stage in the life cycle of a butterfly is pupa.

False

2. Reproduction means the organism creates new organism like itself.

True

3. Adult frog only lives in the water

False

4. Animals like bear and cats go through metamorphosis stage as they grow.

False

5. Bird’s eggs develop outside of the female’s body.

True

6. The stages in a plant’s life cycle are not similar to an animal’s life cycle.

False

7. Seeds do always germinate right away.

False

8. Flower has female and male parts.

True

9. Conifer, which has leaves that look like needles or brushes.

True

10. Seeds do not need certain conditions to germinate and grow.

False

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Part 1/ Section B

Multiple choice

11. b

12. a

13. C

14. C

15. B

16. c

17. c

18. b

19. c

20. b

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Part1/Section C

Matching (draw a straight line to connect the answers which match with the correct

statement) (5 marks)

The organism’s life ends. 1. Yolk

21. The organism gets larger. It may take on a new form. 2. Inherited traits

22. The food for the developing bird inside a shell. 3. Birth

23. The characteristics that come from your parents. 4. Growth

24. The traits which are being taught or learned from experience. 5. Learned traits

25. The organism’s life begins. 6. Death

7. Metamorphosis

A seed is a tiny capsule that contains a plant . 1. Fall

26. A is a substance in food that an organism needs to live. 2. Pollen

27. The male part of a flower makes . 3. nectar

28. Long-day plants bloom in the when days get longer. 4. Nutrient

29. Short-day plans bloom in the when days get shorter. 5. Winter

30. A sugary liquid in flowers is called 6. Embryo

7. Spring

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Part1/Section D

Short answers

31. Fill in the four stages of the life cycle of a butterfly in the provided blanks

Egg

Adult

caterpillar

pupa

32. List down three kinds of animals that grow and develop inside the female’s body

1. Bear

2. Dog

3. Cat

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33. Explain the inherited traits and learned traits

Inherited trait: characteristics that come from your parents

Learned trait: the ones you are taught or that you learn from experiences

34. Fill in the three stages of life cycle of frog in the provided blanks

Adult

Tadpole Egg

35. List down the stages organisms go through in their life cycle

1. Birth

2. Growth and change

3. Reproduction

4. Death

36. What does a seed do for a plant embryo?

1) Contains food for the embryo to use as it grows

2) Protects the embryo

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37. How do animals help the life cycle of a flowering plant?

1. When the fruit grows, animals eat the fruits

2. Animals spread the seeds through their waste

38. Describe the life cycle of a conifer.

1) The pine tree makes two kinds of cones

2) Pollen from the small cones lands on the large cones

3) Ripe seeds fall to the ground and germinate

4) A new pine tree grows

39. List down the two plants that have bulbs which were mentioned in the class.

1. Onion

2. Potato

40. List down the two kinds of cones a pine tree makes.

1. Small pollen cones

2. Large pollen cones

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Part 1/ Section E

Interpretive Exercise

41. a) First was egg, but later altered into different look 2; 3; 5

b) Delivered by the mothers, develop outside of the mother 1; 4; 6

42.

The conifer plant: 1

The flowering plant: 2

Please give an example for each plant(conifer, flowering)

Conifer plant: any relevant answer

Flowering plant: any relevant answer

Part 1/ Section F

Essay

43. Facts about life cycle of an animal:

All organisms go through stages of development.

Environmental conditions such as water, temperature, and light affect the development of organisms.

In most mammals the stages of life go from the fertilized egg, to the fetus, the juvenile, and then to the adult

Birds go from the egg, to the chick, to the adult.

Insect go from the egg, to the larva, to the pupa, to the adult.

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44. Expected answer:

The tree Nancy has met is a kind of Conifer. Conifer has needle or brush-like leaves. Each seed made by a plant is able to produce a new plant. For the seed to be produced, the plant needs light, water, oxygen, and nutrients. And the number of seeds that a plant makes depends on how many flowers are pollinated.

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Part 2

45. Please use the provided pencil and coloring pencil to draw a life cycle of any animal that you

can think of. And label the stages by using different coloring pencils. (The animal should not be the

ones studied in class)

Rubric:

Rating Correctness of labeling Overall look of

drawing

3 Excellent Correctly Labeled Well drawn

2 Good Fairly labeled Fairly drawn

1 Fair Poorly labeled Poorly drawn

Score:

Total score: / 6

46. Collect the fallen leaves from the ground and make a specimen album. Please collect the leaves

from both conifer trees and flowering trees and make a label for these kinds with coloring pencils.

Rubric:

Rating Adequateness of

collected leaves

Written description

(labeling)

Neatness of work

3 Excellent Adequately collected Well labeled Very neat

2 Good Fairly collected Fairly labeled Fairly neat

1 Fair Poorly collected Poorly collected Not neat

Score:

Total score： /9

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Asia-Pacific International University

Assignment 07

Self-Report

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE COURSE

EDUC 390 EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT & EVALUATION

UNDER THE CONDUCTION OF DR. OKTAVIAN MANTIRI

BY

Fang Yin 201300246

“I certify that this assignment is my own work for this course, and is free from plagiarism. I

understand that the assignment may be checked for plagiarism by electronic or other

means. The assignment has not previously been submitted for assessment in any other

course or institution. I have read and understood Asia-Pacific International University’s

academic integrity policy.”

Signed: Date：

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Self-Report

This can be my first time constructing my own test paper and I’ve

found that this even inspired me to go back and review the knowledge

together with students while making each question. After the first

assignment has turned in, I found there are tiny parts needed to be

revised in order to match with the previous assignment while I started

doing my second assignment. And I realized this becomes a continuous

effect when I do the other ones till the end. This process of revising is

actually a self monitoring process or self evaluating process. This helped

me to manage my own work to be more organized and effective. And it is

a record to let myself see the weakness and strength that I have. While

things have been on the half way, I found I become more familiar with

the construction work, but sometimes I was feeling like ‘lack of ideas’ in

my mind. Therefore, I started to search more information on internet.

Seeing the works of others gave me a lot of encouragements and ideas,

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although I was struggling with the first two construction assignment. I

was fine after catching the pattern of construction, and through studying

the advantages and disadvantages of each objective items, it provided

me more ideas of how to put them in the right place.

In the future, I want to have a folder to store all my works in order to

monitor myself, on the other hand, to evaluate the tests I have made. By

doing this, I can give myself a lot of conveniences at the same time make

some improvements on it.

By constructing this test paper and evaluating the work of myself, I

realized that making a good quality test is not easy. Especially I have to

consider of including the knowledge students have learned without

repeating doing the same question in different test items. However,

avoiding finding answers from the questions itself even makes the test

construction harder. Yet, I have learned a lot about how to construct a

successful test paper, starting from the sequences of the test items, and

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then the weaknesses and strengths of each test items. Lastly we have the

way of construction. Those steps seem to be simple, but they indicate

the effectiveness of every test paper.