ESSAY TYPE QUESTIONS

We have come across one single question to be answered in 3 hours

which used to be of essay type of question.
1.Traditional style:
Write an essay on health for all by 2000 AD
Write an essay on family planning
2.Modern style:
Explain the concept of health for all by 2000 AD and ways and means
of achieving it in India.
How would you organize in a taluk head quarters of your district.
ADVANTAGES OF EASY
It is easy to construct
Framing is not a difficult task
allows free expression
May allow effective expressions
It tests knowledge gained by the learner
It brings out learners reasoning capacity
It brings out learners organize ideas and planning
.ESSAY TYPE QUESTIONS SHOWS DISADVANTAGES:
Range of application of knowledge is limited
questions lack objectives
They may not be consistent
time allotted like 1 hour, 3 hours etc is too much and is improper for scoring
system
Teacher may not get feedback
If there is no in-depth knowledge, whole answer will be just a
guess work
.DESIGNING ESSAY QUESTIONS:
Have syllabus on hand and view it fully
Select a few topic, in random to have good coverage
Have a checklist and specific points for a good marking system
suggest no options
Avoid few question of long answer

 Prefer many questions requiring short answers

No ambiguous definitions in questions
questions should be completed in stipulated time.
STRUCTURE OFESSAYQUESTIONS:
Modified essay questions:
Modified essay questions are another face of answer questions. certain amount
ofdata is provided and a question is asked to elicit the answer.
Physical examination of patient
Investigation of disease
Line of management of casePatient management
problem:This is similar to simulated patient management problems in the
teachinglearning process, along with illustrations.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ( M.C.Q)
In every field M.C.Q s are more commonly used method of evaluation for
someresponse.
That M.C.Qs are becoming popular
That M.C.Q are more available for reliable evaluations system.
M.C.Qs are more valid system
M.C.Q accepted norms in evaluation
easy for mass scale evaluation
easy for examiner.
PRINCIPLES IN M.C.Q PREPARATIONS:
No overlapping items should be selected. It must be an independent item
Item should be such that it should be possible to correctly answer by studentwith
good preparation and analytical skills
item must be such that it should be wrongly answered by students despitegood
preparations but with lower analytical skill
Design should be measured a major learning outcome
the standard of M.C.Q should be appropriate to the level of students learning.
KEY ELEMENTS IN M.C.Q:
Precise and proper direction for item
use of clear and simple language
Stem should have one formulated problem
Alternatives should be grammatically consistent with the skill

Should have a clear answer

Word like expert not always etc are made easily visible
As far as possible negative form of stem is avoided
Acompact item is prepared out of common elements
Length of response and distracters should be same
No clue should be given
Distracters should have meaning and should be related to question
extra care should be used when words like all of the above and none of the
above are used
double positive and double negative and abbreviations are avoided
when numbers are answers they should appear either in ascending order or in
descending order.
Item should be homogenous in matching, better if more response optionsare
given.