A comparative analysis of assessment schemes in Secondary School Certificate and Cambridge O Level English examination papers in Pakistan: Need for reform.
This article attempts to analyse the relationship between the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and evaluation systems of two simultaneously existing examination systems in Pakistan: Secondary School Certificate (Matriculation) and Cambridge O Level system. The major concern of the paper lies in obse...
| Published in: | Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (Pakistan) Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 47 - 71 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=149489911&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 149489911 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10240829 BJJI jtl: Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (Pakistan) issn: 10240829 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2020 vid: 28 iid: 1 pid: 67925 pub: Knowledge Bylanes artinfo: ui: 149489911 ppf: 47 ppct: 24 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 4.4MB tig: atl: A comparative analysis of assessment schemes in Secondary School Certificate and Cambridge O Level English examination papers in Pakistan: Need for reform. aug: au: Malik, Sadia Khan, Asra Sadiq, Uzma affil: Lecturer and PhD Scholar, Department of English Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan Assistant Professor, Department of English University of Education, Lahore, Dera Ghazi Khan Campus, Pakistan su: Secondary schools English as a foreign language Comparative studies Memory testing Pakistan Punjab sug: subj: Pakistan Punjab Secondary schools English as a foreign language Comparative studies Memory testing keyword: Assessment Cambridge O Level exams Matriculation Exams ab: This article attempts to analyse the relationship between the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and evaluation systems of two simultaneously existing examination systems in Pakistan: Secondary School Certificate (Matriculation) and Cambridge O Level system. The major concern of the paper lies in observing the targeted outcomes of the two types of examination systems in the light of the aims and objectives specified by the two systems. One paper from each testing system has been analysed and the prospective outcomes have been matched with their exclusive aims provided by their respective boards. Results show that both the systems, in their own distinct syllabi, aim at making the students proficient in the learning of English as foreign language through a system that involves skills which are incorporated into the learners and then tested so as to make them proficient in the language. The evaluation system, however, differs widely in both. Matriculation assessments are purely a test of memory and assess the students' ability on the basis of discrete implementation of skills in the questions while the Cambridge O Level system offers as process-based learning of the language by keeping in view a holistic approach of applying various modes of skills in to its question papers. Hence, a reformation in the system of evaluation as well as that of teaching needs to be promoted to meet the prescribed outcome mentioned in the syllabus of Punjab Board. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (Pakistan) is the property of Knowledge Bylanes and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (Pakistan) holder: Knowledge Bylanes dt: @attributes: year: 2020 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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