SCREENING TESTS:
IQAC offers screening test services to College
Aim:
Knowing the
strength and weakness of each student in a class is a demanding task for class
teachers. Academic background of students is different as they come from
different schools and have undergone different curriculum in their qualifying
examinations. Hence a general assessment test will be beneficial to know the
academic level of each student. It was decided in the IQAC meeting to conduct a
screening test for the first semester students.
Method:
Online test was
used to assess the knowledge and skills of students. All first-year students
were enrolled in the moodle platform christijkmoodle.in. Three different tests
were designed to check the proficiency of students in a) English (Grammar and
Usage) b) Psychometric (Verbal, analytical & reasoning) and c) Core
subject.
Total time for three tests: 01:00 Hour
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Subject
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No of questions
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Max Marks
|
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English (Grammar and Usage)
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30
|
30
|
|
Psychometric (Verbal, analytical & reasoning)
|
11
|
30
|
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Core subject.
|
30-40
|
40
|
|
Total
|
100
|
|
The results were
downloaded and an analysis was done using Microsoft excel. The marks of each
test were converted to rank. The total marks of the students were also
converted to rank. The students were grouped in to three classes (1/3rd
in each group) a) A group (students with high marks) b) B group (students with
medium marks) and c) C group (students with low marks). Average marks of each
courses were also calculated. The results of each classes were sent to
corresponding class teachers.
Results:
A total of 1060 students participated in the screening test
|
BATCH
|
PRESENT
|
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BA DOUBLE MAIN
|
32
|
|
BA ECONOMICS
|
50
|
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BA ENG LIT
|
33
|
|
BA FE
|
47
|
|
BA MALAYALAM
|
31
|
|
BBA
|
56
|
|
BCA
|
33
|
|
BCOM A
|
49
|
|
BCOM B
|
58
|
|
BCOM C
|
57
|
|
BCOM PROFESSIONAL
|
37
|
|
BCOM REGULAR
|
59
|
|
BPED
|
39
|
|
BSC CHEMISTRY
|
43
|
|
BSC COMP SCIENCE
|
29
|
|
BSC CS & HT
|
38
|
|
BSC FOOD SCIENCE
|
22
|
|
BSC GEOLOGY
|
28
|
|
BSC GEOLOGY (SELF)
|
21
|
|
BSC MATHEMATICS
|
33
|
|
BSC MATHEMATICS (SELF)
|
19
|
|
BSC PSYCHOLOGY
|
48
|
|
BSC PHYSICS
|
45
|
|
BSC PHYSICS (SELF)
|
21
|
|
BSC ZOOLOGY
|
34
|
|
BSW
|
38
|
|
BVOC FT
|
26
|
|
BVOC IT
|
34
|
|
TOTAL
|
1060
|
Average marks of each batch are given in the following table.
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CHRIST
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), IRINJALAKUDA
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SCREENING
TEST
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BATCH
|
Average
Marks
|
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|
English
(Grammar & Usage)
|
Psychometric
(Verbal, Analytical & Quantitative)
|
Core subject
|
|
|
Maxmarks: 30
|
Maxmarks: 30
|
Maxmarks: 40
|
|
|
BA DOUBLE MAIN
|
13.69
|
11.16
|
23.59
|
|
BA ECONOMICS
|
15.26
|
11.72
|
16.98
|
|
BA ENG LIT
|
16.67
|
13.76
|
24.24
|
|
BA FE
|
15.19
|
12.02
|
28.34
|
|
BA MALAYALAM
|
10.19
|
10.81
|
27.42
|
|
BBA
|
15.79
|
12.13
|
21.36
|
|
BCA
|
15.06
|
14.15
|
22.90
|
|
BCOM A
|
15.96
|
10.65
|
22.45
|
|
BCOM B
|
15.81
|
12.79
|
18.26
|
|
BCOM C
|
14.72
|
12.68
|
24.63
|
|
BCOM PROFESSIONAL
|
16.08
|
16.51
|
22.92
|
|
BCOM REGULAR
|
15.85
|
12.83
|
26.98
|
|
BPED
|
11.74
|
12.77
|
14.73
|
|
BSC CHEMISTRY
|
17.84
|
13.65
|
11.80
|
|
BSC COMP SCIENCE
|
15.14
|
14.66
|
19.03
|
|
BSC CS & HT
|
11.87
|
9.61
|
17.97
|
|
BSC FOOD SCIENCE
|
15.59
|
11.77
|
19.64
|
|
BSC GEOLOGY
|
15.32
|
13.86
|
18.96
|
|
BSC GEOLOGY (SELF)
|
16.19
|
13.10
|
18.33
|
|
BSC MATHEMATICS
|
15.06
|
15.55
|
18.33
|
|
BSC MATHEMATICS (SELF)
|
15.26
|
14.42
|
8.47
|
|
BSC PSYCHOLOGY
|
16.52
|
10.88
|
25.44
|
|
BSC PHYSICS
|
17.20
|
13.58
|
20.73
|
|
BSC PHYSICS (SELF)
|
16.00
|
13.62
|
13.57
|
|
BSC ZOOLOGY
|
16.00
|
11.82
|
21.65
|
|
BSW
|
13.05
|
11.71
|
20.13
|
|
BVOC FT
|
15.69
|
15.19
|
36.66
|
|
BVOC IT
|
13.74
|
12.74
|
17.81
|
Suggestions:
a)
During assessment it was noted some of the
students didn’t had basic literacy on computers. It will be highly beneficial
for the students if Computer Science department can arrange computer literacy
for first semester students.
b)
The low score on English and Psychometric tests
indicates the need of additional training to be given, especially for the
students who aspire for immediate jobs after graduation.
c)
The students in a batch should be divided in to learning
groups (of strength 5 to 7) consisting of equal number of students from each group.
Class teacher can take necessary steps to motivate the group for group
learning.
