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Reasons For Classroom Assessment & Decisions Made By This Assessment

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Classroom assessment is the act of collecting information about students, curricula, and methodology with the aim of making decisions concerning students’ needs and teacher’s objectives. Classroom Assessment Should Help the Teachers in: The Most Common Form of Classroom Assessment Conducting tests whether they are oral or in writing...
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16 Tips To Prepare A Good Language Test

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How to prepare a good language test? Here is a list of 16 tips to consider when you are about to prepare your test. 1- Determine the purpose of the test. 2- Define the content area to be tested. 3- Choose and prepare appropriate and relevant items. 4-...
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Why Writing Effective Test Items Is A Challenge

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It is not easy to construct a good test to measure what you want. Writing good effective test items is a difficult job as it needs much practice and experience. These items must achieve many things to be considered good ones. The following are some. Functions of the...
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How To Avoid Negative Effects Of Tests On Students

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Some educators argue against using tests. They say students study for tests only at the end of the semester. Students also tend to study when the school year is about to finish, while not working throughout the course. Once the test has finished, students forget all that had...
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Writing Effective Test Questions: The Definitive Guide

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What This eBook Is About? It is a practical guide to constructing effective test questions. It provides teachers with step-by-step instructions they need to go deeper, further and faster toward making a success in preparing effective classroom exams with ease and comfort. Why I’ve Created It? I created...
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How To Prepare Learners For ESL/EFL Exams

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Most students who are studying English have to take an exam at the end of their course. Others are planning to take a public examination. They want to get a certificate which demonstrates their level of English. Whenever there is an exam, the teacher should consider doing the next things...
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Practical Guidelines For Developing Good EFL Test Items

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I want to guarantee you understand some terms. This is important before providing you with guidelines for writing good EFL test items. These terms are used in testing. Here are the terms you should be familiar with. 1. Test Blueprint (or Test Specifications) It identifies the objectives and...
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Top 7 Questioning Techniques In The Classroom

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As a teacher, you always use questions in the classroom. There are lots of reasons for using them. You could use questions to: The techniques that you should use in questioning depend on the grade level, subject matter, and lesson objectives. Here are some of the top questioning...
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