FS 2 Book Manual Final 2023
FS 2 Book Manual Final 2023
(1st Edition)
2022 Printing
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This Field Study book manual ensures that our pre-service teachers
are properly guided and learn correct concepts and theories, and gain
meaningful experiences with the help of their Resource Teachers/Cooperating
Teachers. This contains learning episodes like Responsibilities of a Teacher,
Qualities and Skills of a Good Teacher, Writing My Learning/Lesson Plans,
Teaching Demonstration, Selected Response Test Type: The Multiple Choice
Questions (MCQ’S), The Table of Specifications (TOS), Basics of Item
Analysis, Instructional Material Development, Making a Doable Action
Research Proposal. This slim volume provides the FS students and the
instructor with suggested activities and questions that lead to the formulation of
new and meaningful insights into the teaching- learning process. Using the
tenets of the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST) as a
framework, the competencies included in the activity sheets sum up the
necessary knowledge, skills, and attitude of the pre-service teachers.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE NO.
My Learning Guide
Preface
LEARNING EPISODE 1:
By the end of this module on the responsibilities, qualities and skills of a good
teacher, participants will be able to:
✔ identify the qualities and skills a good teacher must possess, and
C. Skills of teachers
Successful teachers are found to have the following skills:
a. Suspension of Bias
b. Patience
c. Creativity
d. Critical Thinking/Problem Solving.
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e. Oral/Written Communications.
f. Teamwork/Collaboration.
g. Information Technology Application.
h. Leadership.
i. Strong Work Ethic.
j. Organization
k. Adaptability/Flexibility
Activity 1.1
Observe 3 teachers from each level and take note of the necessary
information as required below. Please observe Privacy Act. If the
teacher does not want her/his name or personal information printed,
record them in a personal note so you will not forget them. Still, you
have to record your observations in this journal.
*Special Announcement:
If it is impossible for the student to do observations in the locality, due to
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pandemic, you can watch the movie or video “Beyond the Blackboard”. All your
answers in this episode will then be based on this movie.
Pre-school:
Resource Teacher: _________ Teacher’s Signature: _________
School: __________
Grade Level: ______________ Subject Area: ____________ Date: ______________
Elementary:
Resource Teacher: Teacher’s Signature: ________
School: __________
Grade Level: Subject Area:
High School:
Resource Teacher: _________ Teacher’s Signature: _________
School: __________
Grade Level: ______________ Subject Area: ____________ Date: ______________
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1. Responsibilities of Teachers
High
Pre-school Elementary
Task / Function School
1.Plan, prepare and deliver lessons that
facilitate active learning.
Manage student behavior in the
classroom by establishing and enforcing
2.
rules and procedures. Maintain discipline
in accordance with the rules and
disciplinary systems of the school.
Provide appropriate feedback on work
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3. and monitor the progress of individual
students and use information to adjust
teaching strategies.
Maintain accurate and complete records
of students' progress and development.
4.
Update all necessary records accurately
and completely. Assign and grade class
work, homework, tests and assignments.
Communicate necessary information
5. regularly to students, colleagues and
parents regarding student progress and
student needs.
6. Establish and communicate clear
objectives for all learning activities.
Prepare the learning
environment/classroom for class
7.
activities. Provide a variety of learning
materials and resources for use in
educational activities.
Demonstrate preparation and skill in
8. working with students from diverse
cultural, economic and ability
backgrounds.
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B. Qualities of Teachers
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Cultivate a sense of belonging
8.
Compassionate
9.
Have a sense of humor
10.
Respect students
11.
Forgiving
12.
Admit mistakes/Humility
13. Self - Reflective
Others:
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C. Skills of Teachers
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1. What task/function is most often performed by the teachers in all the
three levels of the educational system? What do you think is the
reason?
3. What qualities and skills most often possessed by the teachers in all
the three levels of the educational system? What do you think is the
most important?
4. Which qualities and skills seldom possessed by the teachers but are
important? Why are they important?
Teachers' responsibilities affect their lives, in a way that what happened in the
classroom can affect what will happen in their respective home, and what
happened in their home can actually influence what will happen in the
classroom. Just like the movie "Beyond the Blackboard", the message of the
movie entails a very nice relationship between being a teacher and being a
mother and a wife. But, the responsibility of being a teacher is very close to
what an individual is doing.
3. A teacher must have good communication skills so they can work along
with others and ….
A. Socialise with colleagues after work.
B. Create a shared sense of purpose amongst teachers, pupils and their
parents.
C. Be able to market the school to other potential pupils.
D. Speak to the head teacher in a professional manner.
4. Good teachers can identify the individual learning needs of their students
and prepare lesson plans that cater to their academic style. For example,
some students may learn best in a lecture classroom whereas other
students are better able to grasp information with hands-on learning
opportunities. What quality of teacher is demonstrated?
A. Innovative
B. Creative
C. Prepared
D. Multi tasker
5. People learn at different rates. A teacher may have to explain a lesson five
times in five different ways before learners get the lesson. What skill does
the teacher exhibit?
A. creativity
B. Dedication
C. Patience
D. Commitment
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1. ____________________________________________________________
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COMMENTS
Learning Episode 2:
This episode will help you develop your skills in making a doable action
research proposal based from your observations in the previous episodes
both in FS 1 and FS 2. This will also introduce you the steps of formulation a
doable action research proposal. This will focus on the guiding principles on
how to address the gaps in observable instant problematic situations and
instances that need immediate solutions in the classrooms.
The new normal, which is also coined as the NOW normal, brought about
a lot of controversies, problems and issues in almost all of the aspects of the
educational set-up. Your previous varied exposures to the different classroom
scenarios also introduced different possible instant problems that need to be
addressed. This is where the writing of a doable action research proposal will
have to come in. With the classroom-based problems that you encountered,
you are required to provide instant solutions to address those gaps, be it in
assessment, classroom strategies, teacher’s interventions, school
administrators’ readiness, and stakeholders’ participation, among others.
Based from what you have experienced and observed, what will be your
plans? How will you solve and address the problem? How will you strategize?
What will be your approach?
The general objective of this episode is for you to come up with a doable
action research proposal based from the observed instant problems and
issues from the different exposures and actual observations in the classrooms
by using the guidelines presented.
At the end of this learning episode, you are expected to:
✔ Define the focus of your study.
educators simply want to learn more about and improve. The general goal is
to create a simple, practical, repeatable process of iterative learning,
evaluation, and improvement that leads to increasingly better results for
schools, teachers, or programs.
Action research may also be called a cycle of action or cycle of inquiry,
since it typically follows a predefined process that is repeated over time. A
simple illustrative example:
● Identify a problem to be studied
So, in this episode, you will be required to come up with a doable action
research proposal with the following guides:
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B. Based from the possible sources of problems, enumerate the top five (5)
pressing problems that you have encountered, observed, or experienced
during your Field Study exposure:
Visit the following sites and study the given example and answer the
following:
tinyurl.com/FS2AROutline
tinyurl.com/ResPropGuide
The introduction serves the purpose of leading the reader from a general
subject area to a particular field of research. It establishes the context of the
research being conducted by summarizing current understanding and
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background information about the topic, stating the purpose of the work in the
form of the hypothesis, question, or research problem, briefly explaining your
rationale, methodological approach, highlighting the potential outcomes your
study can reveal, and describing the remaining structure of the paper.
Establish an area to research by:
B. What will be your key variables of the study, method of measurement and
the unit of measurement:
Independent)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
C. What will be your questions stated as null hypothesis? Provide two (2) to
three (3) examples.
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1. ________________________________________________________
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2. ________________________________________________________
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3. ________________________________________________________
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D. Write a short description on your methodology or how you will conduct your
study based from the following:
1. Research Design:
The qualitative data were collected via interviews which were transcribed and
then interpreted through a thematic analysis approach. Also the researcher
observed the process of teaching writing, providing some quantitative data as
well.
2. Research Participants:
3. Sample Size:
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4. Interventions:
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5. Ethical Issues:
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6. Informed Consent Form:
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7. Research Setting:
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9. Collection of Data:
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A Friendly reminder:
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It is also very important for you to include your relevant references on the
subject. You have to remember that for web-based search, you have to
include the date of access for the cited website, for example: add the
sentence "accessed on July 19, 2021 from http://www.whichwebsite.com".
The American Psychologists Association (APA) latest edition is strongly
suggested to be followed.
a. concise c. catchy
b. informative d. lengthy
2. This is a brief summary of your manuscript, usually around 300 words.
a. introduction c. dedication
b. abstract d. acknowledgment
3. This is essential basis for the construction of a research proposal.
a. statement of the problem c. literature and studies
b. title d. work plan
4. This part of the action research proposal provides the readers with the
background information and to establish a framework for the research.
a. abstract c. hypotheses
b. methodology d. introduction
5. These are the goals to be achieved by conducting the research.
a. statement of the problem c. objectives
b. variables d. background of the study
6. Which of the these is not a type of variables important in research?
a. independent c. confounding
b. dependent d. effect
7. It is defined as a tentative prediction or explanation of the relationship
between two or more variables.
a. investigation c. hypothesis
b. objective d. methodology
8. This is the part of the research proposal in which the selection of the
research strategy is the core and probably the single most important decision
the investigator has to make.
a. research paradigm c. research hypothesis
b. research design d. research settings
9. This includes all the pertinent facets of the study, such as the population to be
studied.
a. research settings c. research design
b. research hypothesis d. research paradigm
10. This is an overview of tasks/proposed activities and a time frame for the same.
a. Pie chart c. Fishbone Diagram
b. Bar Chart d. Gantt chart
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2. ___________________________________________________________
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100 80 60 40 20 Score
Learning Activities (40%) All episodes All or nearly Nearly all Few activities Episodes
were done all episodes episodes of the were not
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quality; work quality acceptable only few were not
exceeds quality objectives met
were met
Episodes before the the deadline day after the two-five week or
(5%) deadline deadline days after more after
the the deadline
deadline
5 pts. 4 pts. 3 pts. 2 pts. 1 pt.
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COMMENTS
Learning Episode 3:
Writing My Learning/
Lesson Plans
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lesson plan template which includes their vision, mission, goals and core
values.
A lesson plan is the instructor’s road map of what students need to learn
and how it will be done effectively during the class time. Then, you can design
appropriate learning activities and develop strategies to obtain feedback on
student learning. Having a carefully constructed lesson plan for each 3-hour
lesson allows you to enter the classroom with more confidence and
maximizes your chance of having a meaningful learning experience with your
students.
Teachers must also keep in mind that in stating the learning outcomes,
the three domains must be considered (Cognitive, Affective and
Psychomotor). Outcomes must be stated in terms that are specific,
measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound (SMART). The cognitive
domain includes remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating
and creating.
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Listed below are 6 steps for preparing your lesson plan before your
class.
Letting your students know what they will be learning and doing in
class will help keep them more engaged and on track. Providing a meaningful
organization of the class time can help students not only remember better, but
also follow your presentation and understand the rationale behind the planned
learning activities. You can share your lesson plan by writing a brief agenda
on the whiteboard or telling students explicitly what they will be learning and
doing in class.
Take a few minutes after each class to reflect on what worked well and
why, and what you could have done differently. Identifying successful and less
successful organization of class time and activities would make it easier to
adjust to the contingencies of the classroom. If needed, revise the lesson
plan.
All effective teachers have a plan that they consider when they deliver
training. The plan may be a simple list or a more complex system that is
structured and detailed. Lesson plans are essential tools that teachers
develop to guide their training sessions. They are properly planned, prepared,
and executed to achieve specified learning outcomes.
evaluate the students. The last part of a lesson plan deals with the
assessment session from both the teacher’s and student’s standpoints.
Having a lesson plan that has been carefully constructed for every
lesson boosts your confidence and maximizes the possibility of having
purposeful learning sessions with your students whenever you enter the
classroom. It equips you with a general outline of your goals and the
things you need to achieve them.
With all the information in mind, you are all set I writing your lesson
plan. Based on the instructions given by your Cooperating Teacher, prepare
your lesson plan/s based on the learning competencies of the lesson.
Consider the age appropriateness and level of communication of your
students.
Learning Outcomes
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Learning Content
Learning Resources
Learning Procedures
The Department of Education has issued DepEd Order No. 42, s. 2016, Policy
Guidelines on Daily Lesson Preparation for the K to 12 Basic Education
Program.
These are the templates for the detailed Lesson Plan (DLP) and Daily
Lesson Log (DLL).
Instructional Planning
(The process of systematically planning, developing, evaluating and managing the instructional
process by using principles of teaching and learning – DO 42, s.2016)
School Grade Level
Teacher Learning Area
Time & Dates Quarter
I. Objectives
A. Content Standards
B. Performance Standards
C. Learning Competencies
(Write the LC code for each)
II. Content
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solve?
G. What innovation or localized
materials did I use/discover
which I wish to share with
other teachers
application or remediation
E. Remarks
F. Reflection
1. No. of learners who earned
70% on the formative
assessment
2. No. of learners who require
additional activities for
remediation
3. Did the remedial lessons
work? No. of learners who
have caught up with the
lesson
4. No. of learners who continue
to require remediation
5. Which of my teaching
strategies worked well? Why
did this work?
6. What difficulties did I
encounter which my
principal or supervisor can
help me solve?
7. What innovation or localized
materials did I use/discover
which I wish to share with
other teachers
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Analyze the various components of your lesson plans by answering the given
matrix. Take note that you must have provisions to do this lesson on a face-
to-face, modular or through online learning.
Questions Answers
1. How did you arouse students’
interest? What motivational
techniques did you indicate in
your plan?
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10. If this lesson is not
implemented face-to-face,
how are you going to do it
remotely?
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Why is lesson planning an integral part of the instructional cycle?
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1. Paste one (1) lesson plan and write your simple reflection.
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Cavanagh, M., Barr, J., Moloney, R., Lane, R., Hay, I., & Chu, H. (2019). Pre
service teachers’ impact on student learning: planning, teaching,
and assessing during professional practice. Australian Journal of
Teacher Education, 44(2), 66-81.
http://dx.doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2018v44n2.5
Chaaban, Y., Du, X., & Ellili-Cherif, M. (2019). Influence of the practicum
experience on student-teachers’ beliefs about their role in EFL
classrooms. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and
Educational Research, 18(9), 78-95.
http://dx.doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.9.4
Huang, P., & He, L. (2011). Comparative genre analysis of research methods
in English and Chinese experimental research articles. Chinese
Journal of ESP, 2(1), 22-27.
Jamieson-Proctor, R., Albion, P., Finger, G., Cavanagh, R., Fitzgerald, R.,
Bond, T., & Grimbeek, P. (2013). Development of the TTF TPACK
survey instrument. Australian Educational Computing, 27(3), 26-35.
Li, L. J., & Ge, G. C. (2009). Genre analysis: Structural and linguistic evolution
of the English-medium medical research article (1985-2004). English
for Specific Purposes, 28(2), 93-104.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2008.12.004
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COMMENTS
Learning Episode 4:
As a pre-service teacher, have you thought about what will make your future
students highly engaged and motivated to learn in your course? Some research
studies revealed that students taught with instructional materials performed
significantly better than those taught without instructional materials and also the use
of instructional materials generally improved students’ understanding of concepts and
led to high academic achievements. In this episode, you will be provided with an
opportunity to develop instructional material/s for a particular unit of study or lesson.
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It also allows you to examine your knowledge about creating instructional materials
based on the Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate (ADDIE) model.
In this episode, you must have applied the principles in creating effective
instructional materials using the ADDIE Model, which can help optimize students'
learning and developed localize/indigenize or digitize instructional materials to
respond to the needs of the K-12 classroom.
It's essential to engage students in the instruction. If used and developed well,
it's the instructional materials that help students meet their desired learning goals,
better themselves, and succeed in the course. A teacher's role in instructional
delivery consists of several different tasks. These include analyzing learners'
background knowledge and instructional needs, assessing curriculum needs,
determining the course objectives, choosing appropriate teaching methodologies,
and conducting course evaluations. While developing instructional materials can
prove to be a difficult task for teachers, it's possible to do it with ease by applying
instructional design principles.
ADDIE Model is a classic model for instructional design. There have been
many books written about the ADDIE Model (see, for instance, Morrison, 2010; Dick
and Carey, 2004). ADDIE Model consists of the following:
Have this instructional design framework in mind as you analyze and reflect on
this episode. The ADDIE Model instructional design framework will be your guide in
developing your localize/indigenize and digitize instructional materials. Whatever
form instructional materials take, remember that it's essential to engage your
students.
● Use animations to create drama. You don't have to give all the information at
once. Animations with noise can be annoying-use sparingly.
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● Use the 10-20-30 rule. Using not more than ten slides in your presentation may
add to the keep it simple principle. Your presentation should not last more than
20 minutes, and the font size should be no smaller than 30.
● And an essential part, dazzle your audience with the information- not the
graphics or style. The medium is not the message- the information is. Please
keep it simple. Don't be a slave to your slides. Remember, you are the star, not
the presentation. You are the show.
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In this activity, develop a pile of teaching aids like flashcards, posters, pictures,
cut-outs, etc., and then organize them in a box. You may use localize materials that
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you can find at home like shoeboxes, magazines, newspapers, etc. to create your
teaching aid materials. Select a particular topic and determine the level of your target
learners. Find out the relevant learning resources for the topic that you choose.
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1. Based on the ADDIE Model, what factors you considered before you develop
your instructional materials in the analysis phase? Discuss how you will use
the materials you created for a particular topic.
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2. What is the feedback given to you by students during the presentation of your
instructional materials through virtual mode? Are they leaning forward,
showing interest in the lesson and the materials? Are they genuinely
interested, eager, critical, or resistant?
1. What difficulties, if any, did you encounter in making your localize and
digitize/computer-based instructional material/s? How did you overcome
them?
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2. Reflect how your knowledge of the ADDIE Model worked together in fulfilling
the tasks in this episode.
3. What are some of the things you can do to enhance your knowledge on
instructional design to facilitate an active, engaging, learning, and fun-filled
learning environment in the future?
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Directions: Read the items given below and encircle the correct answer.
2. What phase of the ADDIE model that includes such activities as writing
the course outline, deciding on color schemes and storyboarding?
A. Dialog Phase
B. Develop Phase
C. Design Phase
D. Integration Phase
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My Learning Resources
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Topic/Content Area
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“A good essential question will inspire a quest for knowledge and discovery.”
Rethink about the key ideas you learn in this episode and focus on those that
you were most intrigued by, then pose/write down at least 3 questions that can reveal
where your understanding is still uncertain.
1.
2.
3.
Sources:
DICK, W., AND CAREY, L. (2004). The Systematic Design of Instruction. Allyn
& Bacon; 6 edition Allyn & Bacon
MORRISON, GARY R. (2010) Designing Effective Instruction, 6th Edition. New
York: John Wiley & Sons
Instructional Design and Materials Development.Jhpiego.
https://reprolineplus.org/taxonomy/term/333
This content contains copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been
specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We, the instructional designers, make
such material available to advance the understanding of FS students on the
development and use of instructional materials. This copyrighted work was
incorporated in this Field Study module without needing a license because it is only
used for instruction.
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LEARNING EPISODE 5:
Teaching Demonstration
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practice. If you showcase your best teaching during your demo, you will go a
long way toward convincing the students and the observers that you can
handle the challenges of teaching day-to-day.
Here are some of the guidelines and tips that you need to remember:
Activity
ACTUAL TEACHING DEMONSTRATION
Preschool
Resource Teacher: _______________ Teacher’s Signature_____________
School:_______________________________________________________
Grade/Year Level: ____________Subject Area: ______ Date:____________
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Elementary
Resource
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School:_______________________________________________________
Grade/Year Level: ___________Subject Area: ______ Date: ____________
High School
Resource Teacher: _______________ Teacher’s Signature_____________
School:_______________________________________________________
Grade/Year Level: ____________Subject Area: ______ Date: ___________
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As you plan to begin your planning for the teaching demonstration, you
need to first assess yourself by asking a number of important questions as
you get started.
2. If you were to reteach the class for the different groups of learners you
just observed, what would you like to implement or improve to make it
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more effective? Why?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvI3NWb_wd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP9m4TfrC0c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jGAhAgDU8o
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1. It comes with careful planning and practice. If you showcase your best
teaching, you will go a long way toward convincing the learners and
observers that you can handle challenges of teaching everyday.
a. Lesson planning c. Teaching demonstration
b. Demonstration proper d. Lesson critiquing
2. It serves some clear and relevant pedagogical aim. It must not use just
to impress the committee or show off the techy side.
a. Television c. Electronic book
b. Gadgets d. Technology
4. You should have the idea on the level of student should you be
preparing for like majors, non-majors, graduate, among others. You
need to be familiar if you will be teaching a class of actual students.
a. Know your topic c. Know your students
b. Know your audience d. Know your demonstration
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3. ___________________________________________________________
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References
Learning Activities (40%) All episodes All or nearly Nearly all Few Episodes
were done all episodes episodes activities of were not
with were done were done the done; or
outstanding with high with episodes objectives
quality; work quality acceptable were done; were not
exceeds quality only few met
objectives
were met
COMMENTS
Learning Episode 6:
In some cases a great weight will be assigned to a concept that is extremely important,
even if relatively little class time was spent on the topic. How can the use of a TOS benefit
your students, including those with special needs? TOS benefits students in two ways.
1. Improves the validity of teacher- made tests,
2. Improves student learning as well.
TOS helps to ensure that there is a match between what is taught and what is tested.
Classroom assessment should be driven by classroom teaching which itself is driven by
course goals and objectives.
In the chain below, TOS provide the link between teaching and testing.
Objectives >>> Teaching >>> Testing
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TOS help students at all ability levels learn better. By providing the table to students
during instruction, they can recognize the main ideas, key skills, and the relationships among
concepts more easily. TOS can act in the same way as a concept map to analyze content
areas.
Three steps are involved in creating a Test Blueprint:
● choosing the measurement goals and domain to be covered,
● breaking the domain into key or fairly independent parts- concepts, terms,
procedures, applications, and
● constructing the table.
Items are identified as belonging to two categories
12. Level on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning (1956)/ revised Bloom’s taxonomy
13. Detailed course content topics
How to do TOS?
5. Determine which topics will be included on the assessment. Typically, these
include lectures, discussions, readings, etc. or any other assigned
learning.
6. Estimate approximately howmuch timewas spent on each topic.
7. Add up the time spent per
8. Calculate the percentage of time spent per topic by dividing the time spent on
each topic by the total amount of time.
For example, on Grading Systems I spent 1.5 class sessions, thus
1.5/4.0 = 37.5%.
quadratic
inequalities
Partial fractions 1 2 17 20
A very simple TOS
Unit 3 7 5 4 2 18
32,37,42,43,45,4 28,30,33,34 53,54,57,58 52,56
8,49 18
Unit 4 3 3 3 3 12
50,55,59 41,47,51 60,64,65 61,62,63
Total 21 18 17 9 65
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Unit 3 6 25 3 5 8 9 25 25
Unit 4 9 37.5 5 6 15 12 38 38
Total 24 100 14 17 37 32 100 100
You are expected to observe in your subject assignment how TOS are made and
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implemented by your respective CT in the teaching-learning process.
(Note to Student Teacher: As you participate and assist your CT in making the TOS, please
take note of what you are expected to give more attention to as asked in the next step of the
Learning Episode (NOTICE)
E. Assist your CT in the conduct of making the TOS.
F. Offer your assistance to engage in the making of TOS trough your CT.
NOTICE
4. Take note of:
Alignment of the different learning behavior or domains with the learning
outcomes in the TOS.
The distribution of the test items against the given time allocation of the
topics in the subject
How the percentage allocation of the lower and higher order thinking skills
observed in the TOS.
✔ One thing that went well in the development / making of the TOS is
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✔ One thing that did not go very well in the development / making of the TOS is
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✔ One thing in TOS format that needs improvement based on what we have
observed is
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ACT
To ensure that the process in the making or development of the TOS serve its purpose,
to help in the learning process, I will learn from other’s best practice by researching on
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PLAN
To help improve the TOS practices and implementation, I plan to conduct an action
research on
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1. 3
2. 4
3. 4
4. 5
5. 5
6. 6
27 50 100
TOTAL
HOTS = ___
LOTS = ___ ITEMS (60%)
ITEMS (40%)
Add other activities/techniques that you have researched on, e.g. TOS used on different
learning institutions.
“A good essential question will inspire a quest for knowledge and discovery.”
Rethink about the key ideas you learn in this episode and focus on those that you were
most intrigued by, then pose/write down at least 3 questions that can reveal where your
understanding is still uncertain.
8 pts.
20 pts. 16 pts. 12 pts. 4 pts.
Learning Portfolio Portfolio is Portfolio is Portfolio is Few No
(10%) complete, complete, incomplete; documents/ documentatio
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documentati documentatio but are experiences the episode
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Episodes before the the deadline day after the two-five week or
(5%) deadline deadline days after more after
the the deadline
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5 pts. 4 pts. 3 pts. 2 pts. 1 pt.
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Learning Episode 7:
Fixed-choice:
Multiple-choice questions ask students to select the correct response from one or
more of the choices from a given list.
True-false questions are typically used to measure student’s ability to identify whether
statements of fact are correct.
Matching questions consist of a column of key words and a column of options, and
require students to match the options associated with a given key word(s).
Open-ended:
Short answer questions direct students to supply the appropriate words, numbers, or
symbols to answer a question or complete a statement.
1. KNOWLEDGE / REMEMBERING
• This is defined as the remembering of previously learned material. This is the
lowest level of learning. These are the easiest types of MCQs to create.
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• Question verbs: define, list, state, identify, identify, label name, who? When?
Where? What?
2. COMPREHENSION / UNDERSTANDING
• This is defined as the ability to grasp the meaning of material. You can have
respondents do the following: Translate material from one form to another,
Interpret material, Estimate future trends.
• Learning objectives at this level
Understand facts and principles
Interpret verbal material
Translate verbal material to mathematical formulae
Estimate future consequences applied in data
3. The statement that “test reliability is a necessary but not sufficient condition of test
validity” which means?
A. a reliable test will have a certain degree of validity.
B. a valid test will have a certain degree of reliability.
C. a reliable test may be completely invalid and a valid test completely
unreliable.
3. APPLICATION/APPLYING
• This refers to the ability to use lea1ned material in new and concrete situations.
Here you have to apply rules, methods, concepts, principles, laws, and/or
theories.
• Learning objectives at this level
Apply concepts and principles to new situations
Apply laws and theories to practical situations
Solve mathematical problems
• Question verbs: How could x be used toy? How would you show, make use of,
modify, demonstrate, solve, or apply x to conditions y?
MCQ: Application/Applying
1. If you have 8 P100 bills and you spend P200 on school supplies and P100 on snacks
what % of the original amount of money do you have left?
A. 24.5%
B. 37.5%
C. 62.5%
D. 86.5%
Outcome: Tests for the application of previously acquired knowledge (the various memory
systems).
2. Which one of the following memory systems does a piano-tuner mainly use in his
occupation?
A. Echoic memory
B. Short-term memory
C. Long-term memory
D. Mono-auditory memory
4. ANALYSIS/ANALYZING
• This refers to the ability to break down material into its component parts so that its
organizational structure may be understood.
• Learning objectives at this level
Recognize unstated assumptions
Recognize logical fallacies in reasoning
Distinguish between facts and inferences
Evaluate the relevancy of data
1. Compared to laboratory settings, field settings have more ___________ validity and
less ___________ validity.
A. internal, external
B. construct, content
C. external, internal
D. content, const1uct
5. EVALUATION/EVALUATING
• This is concerned with the ability to judge the value of material for a given
purpose. This is the highest level of lea1ning.
• Learning objectives at this level
Judge the logical consistency of written material
Judge the value of a work
Judge the adequacy with which conclusions are supported by data
Outcome: Analyze whether a word fits with the accepted definition of pragmatism.
2. Directions: Read carefully through the paragraph below, and decide which of the
options A-D is correct.
The basic premise of pragmatism is that questions posed by speculative
metaphysical propositions can often be answered by determining what the practical
consequences of the acceptance of a particular metaphysical proposition are in this
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life. Practical consequences are taken as the criterion for assessing the relevance of
all statements or ideas about truth, norm and hope.
A. The word ―acceptance should be replaced by ―rejection.
B. The word ―often should be replaced by ―only.
C. The word ―speculative should be replaced by hypothetical.
D. The word ―criterion should be replaced by ―measure.
6. SYNTHESIS / CREATING
• This refers to the ability to put parts together to form a new whole. Put elements
together to form a coherent whole; reorganize into a new pattern or structure.
• Learning objectives at this level
Write a well organized theme
Propose a plan for an experiment
Integrate learning from different areas into a plan for solving a problem
Formulates a new scheme for classifying objects
MCQ: Synthesis/Creating
1. Change the below research scenario to make it a design that will allow you to show
cause and effect and be able to generalize to a larger population.
Dr. Jim is conducting a study looking a differences in sense of belonging of
first-year students. He is comparing two groups of students: Learning
community and Traditional students. Students self-select into the above
groups.
A. Use random assignment to groups
B. Use random selection of participants
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
UNDERSTANDING
1. In your own words, tell what the story is about.
2. How did the main character feel at the beginning of the story?
3. How did the main character feel at the end of the story?
4. Think of a main event in the story. Why did it happen?
APPLYING
1. Think of a situation that occurred to a person in your story and decide
whether you would have done the same thing as he did or something
different. Write what you might have done.
2. What would you do if you could go to the place where the main character
lives?
3. What would the main character do if he came to your house to visit?
4. If you had to cook a meal for the characters in the story, what would you
cook?
ANALYZING
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1. What part of the story was the funniest? Or the most exciting? Or the
saddest?
2. Tell what things happened in the story that couldn’thave happened in real
life?
3. Some things in the story were true, and some were only the opinions of
someone. List the things that were true.
4. What could you do that was just like what the person in the story did?
EVALUATING
1. Was the main character in the story good or bad? Why?
2. Compare 2 characters in the story. Tell which one you think is better and why.
3. Which character in the story would you most like to spend the day with?
Why?
4. Was this story worth the time it took to read? Why?
CREATING
1. Rewrite the story from an animal’s point of view.
2. Make a poster, a mobile, a puppet, or a painting of the main characters in the
story.
3. Write another ending to the story that is different from the one that the author
wrote.
4. Write a poem about the story.
https://facultyinnovate.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/writing-good-multiple-choice-
exams-fic-120116.pdf
https://gradehub.com/blog/using-multiple-choice-questions-using-blooms-taxonomy/
https://www.mcgill.ca/skillsets/files/skillsets/mcq_handout3.pdf
You are expected to observe in your subject assignment how MCT’s are constructed
and implemented by your respective CT in the teaching-learning process.
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(Note to Student Teacher: As you participate and assist your CT in making the MCQ for a
summative test, please take note of what you are expected to give more attention to as asked
in the next step of the Learning Episode (NOTICE)
1. Assist your CT in the conduct of making the summative test particularly on the
construction of MCQs.
2. Offer your assistance to engage in the making of MCQs trough your CT.
NOTICE
1. Take note of:
a. Alignment of the different learning behavior or domains with the learning
outcomes in constructing MCQs.
b. The distribution of the MCQ items against the given time allocation of the
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c. How the percentage allocation of the lower and higher order thinking skills
observed in the TOS for MCQs.
1. Did the distribution of the MCQ items are expected to measure the learning
competencies of students?
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3. What would be the effect MCQ test items in the teaching-learning process and the
performance of students?
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1. How would attainment of learning outcomes be measured if MCQs test were not
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employed as one assessment tool?
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Add other activities / techniques that you have researched on, e.g. MCQs used in your
field of specialization in different learning institutions.
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OBSERVE
1. One thing that went well in the constructing/ making MCQs is
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2. One thing that did not go very well in the constructing/ making MCQs is
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Learning Activities (40%) All episodes All or nearly Nearly all Few Episodes
were done all episodes episodes activities of were not
with were done were done the done; or
outstanding with high with episodes objectives
quality; work quality acceptable were done; were not
exceeds quality only few met
objectives
were met
15 pts.
COMMENTS
Learning Episode 8:
Several Purposes
1. More diagnostic information on students
–Classroom level:
determine questions most found very difficult/ guessing on,
–reteach that concept
questions all got right –
–don't waste more time on this area
find wrong answers students are choosing-
–identify common misconceptions
–Individual level:
isolate specific errors this student made
2. Build future tests, revise test items to make them better
– know how much workin writing good questions
– SHOULD NOT REUSE WHOLE TESTS--> diagnostic teaching means
responding to needs of students, so after a few years a test bank is build up
and choose a tests for the class
– can spread difficulty levelsacross your blueprint (TOS)
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Validity. Validity is the extent to which a test measures what it purports to measure or as
referring to the appropriateness, correctness, meaningfulness and usefulness of the specific
decisions a teacher makes based on the test results. These two definitions of validity differ in
the sense that the first definition refers to the test itself while the second refers to the
decisions made by the teacher based on the test. A test is .valid when it is aligned with the
learning outcome.
Reliability refers to the consistency of the scores obtained — how consistent they are for
each individual from one administration of an instrument to another and from one set of items
to another. We already gave the formula for computing the reliability of a test: for internal
consistency; for instance, we could use the split-half method or the Kuder-Richardson
formulae (KR-20 or KR-21)
Reliability and Validity are related concepts. If an instrument is unreliable, it cannot get
valid outcomes. As reliability improves, validity may improve (or it may not). However, if an
instrument is shown scientifically to be valid then it is almost certain that it is also reliable.
Here, the total number of students is 100, hence the item difficulty index is 75/100 or
75%.
Another example: 25 students answered the item correctly while 75 students did not. The
total number of students is 100 so the difficulty index is 25/100 or 25 which is 25%.
It is a more difficult test item than that one with a difficulty index of 75.
A high percentage indicates an easy item/question while a low percentage indicates a
difficult item.
One problem with this type of difficulty index is that it may not actually indicate that
the item is difficult (or easy). A student who does not know the subject matter will naturally be
unable to answer the item correctly even if the question is easy. How do we decide on the
basis of this index whether the item is too difficult or too easy?
Difficult items tend to discriminate between those who know and those who do not
know the answer. Conversely, easy items cannot discriminate between these two groups of
students. We are therefore interested in deriving a measure that will tell us whether an item
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can discriminate between these two groups of students. Such a measure is called an index of
discrimination.
An easy way to derive such a measure is to measure how difficult an item is with
respect to those in the upper 25% of the class and how difficult it is with respect to those in
the lower 25% of the class. If the upper 25% of the class found the item easy yet the lower
25% found it difficult, then the item can discriminate properly between these two groups.
Thus:
Index of discrimination = DU — DL (U — Upper group; L — Lower group)
Example: Obtain the index of discrimination of an item if the upper 25% of the class had a
difficulty index of 0.60 (i.e. 60% of the upper 25% got the correct answer) while
the lower 25% of the class had a difficulty index of 0.20.
Here, DU = 0.60 while DL = 0.20,
Thus, index of discrimination = .60 - .20 = .40.
Discrimination index is the difference between the proportion of the top scorers who
got an item correct and the proportion of the lowest scorers who got the item right. The
discrimination index range is between -1 and +1. The closer the discrimination index is to +1,
the more effectively the item can discriminate or distinguish between the two groups of
students. A negative discrimination index means more from the lower group got the item
correctly. The last item is not good and so must be discarded.
Theoretically, the index of discrimination can range from -1.0 (when DU =0 and DL =
1) to 1.0 (when DU = 1 and DL = 0). When the index of discrimination is equal to -1, then this
means that all of the lower 25% of the students got the correct answer while all of the upper
25% got the wrong answer. In a sense, such an index discriminates correctly between the two
groups but the item itself is highly questionable. Why should the bright ones get the wrong
answer and the poor ones get the right answer? On the other hand, if the index of
discrimination is 1.0, then this means that all of the lower 25% failed to get the correct answer
while all of the upper 25% got the correct answer. This is a perfectly discriminating item and is
the ideal item that should be included in the test.
From these discussions, let us agree to discard or revise all items that have negative
discrimination index for although they discriminate correctly
between the upper and lower 25% of the class, the content of the item itself may be highly
dubious or doubtful.
Example: Consider a multiple choice type of test of which the following data were obtained:
Item Options
A B* C D
1 0 40 20 20 Total
0 15 5 0 Upper 25%
0 5 10 5 Lower 25%
The correct response is B. Let us compute the difficulty index and index of
discrimination:
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Difficulty, Index = no. of students getting correct response/total = 40/100 = 40%, within
range of a "good item"
The discrimination index can similarly be computed:
DU = no. of students in upper 25% with correct response/no. of students in the upper 25%
= 15/20 = .75 or 75%
DL = no. of students in lower 25% with correct response/ no. of students in the lower 25%
= 5/20 = .25 or 25%
The smaller the percentage figure the more difficult the item
Estimate the item discriminating power using the formula below:
(Ru — RL) ( 6 – 2)
D= -------------- = ----------- = 0.40
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4th Edition.
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You are expected to observe in your subject assignment how Item Analysis are
conducted and implemented by your respective CT in the teaching-learning process.
(Note to Student Teacher: As you participate and assist your CT in conducting item analysis,
please take note of what you are expected to give more attention to as asked in the next step
of the Learning Episode (NOTICE)
1. Assist your CT in conducting the item analysis of the summative test in one grading
period of the assigned class.
2. Offer your assistance to engage in the conduct of item analysis trough your CT.
NOTICE
1. Take note of:
a. Alignment of the different learning behavior or domains with the learning
outcomes based on the TOS and the results of the item analysis.
b. The distribution of the test items in the learning domains against the
retained/discarded items in the subject as the result of the item analysis.
c. How the percentage allocation of the lower and higher order thinking skills
observed and distributed in the TOS as manifested in the item analysis
results.
1. Did the results of the conducted item analysis are expected to measure the learning
competencies of students?
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2. Was the item analysis constructed favorably or unfavorably in assessing students
performance?
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3. What would be the effect of the results of the item analysis in the teaching-learning
process and the performance of students?
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1. How would attainment of learning outcomes be measured if item analysis were not
employed or conducted after the summative test?
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B. Problem Solving
No. of Students 50 30 30 30 40
Difficulty Index
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UG LG UG LG UG LG UG LG UG LG
No. of
Correct 12 20 10 20- 20 10 10 24 20 5
Responses
No. of
Students 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
Discriminat
ion Index
1. Based on the computed discrimination index, which are good test items?
2. Not good test items?
3. A multiple choice type of test has 5 options. The Table below indicates the number of
examinees out of 50 who chose each option.
Option
A B C D E
0 20 15* 5 10
* - Correct answer
1. Which options are plausible?
2. Which ones are implausible?
4. Study the following data. Compute for the difficulty index and the discrimination index of
each set of scores.
1. N = 80, number of wrong answers: upper 25% = 2 lower 25% = 9
2. N = 30, number of wrong answers: upper 25% = 1 lower 25% = 6
3. N = 50, number of wrong answers: upper 25% = 3 lower 25% = 8
4. N = 70, number of wrong answers, upper 25% = 4 lower 25% = 10
OBSERVE
1. One thing that went well in the conduct of item analysis is
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2. One thing that did not go very well in the conduct of item analysis is
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3. One good thing observed in the conduct of item analysis is
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4. One thing in the conduct of item analysis that needs improvement based on what we
have observed is
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REFLECT
a. The conduct of item analysis went well because
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b. The conduct of item analysis did not go well because
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ACT
To ensure that the process in the conduct of item analysis serve its purpose and in order
to help in the learning process, I will learn from other’s best practice by researching on
_______________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
PLAN
To help improve the conduct of item analysis practices and implementation, I plan to
conduct an action research on
_______________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
Learning Activities (40%) All episodes All or nearly Nearly all Few Episodes
were done all episodes episodes activities of were not
with were done were done the done; or
outstanding with high with episodes objectives
quality; work quality acceptable were done; were not
exceeds quality only few met
objectives
were met
COMMENTS