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M Fredman

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PubMed1979

Towards a rational approach to student evaluation by examinations.

The major functions of examinations are noted and a scheme of multiple choice testing is outlined which distinguishes between the certification function and the grading function of examinations. This scheme has been in operation since January 1976 in the Department of Anatomy, University of Cape Town, and preliminary results are presented which show: (i) greatly enhanced reliability (ii) unimpaired validity when the multiple choice procedures described were used.

Anatomy↗
PubMed1979

An analysis of behavioural objectives in the teaching of anatomy from the results of marks in MCQs.

Since 1972 behavioural objectives have been presented to the students in the Department of Anatomy, University of Cape Town, for certain sections of their course but not for others. Questions set to students in certifying multiple choice examination from 1972 to 1976 were divided into two categories (a) those set on sections of the course with objectives and (b) those set on sections of the course without objectives, and analysed in terms of (i) student performance, (ii) discriminative ability of the questions. Significant differences are noted in student performance in these two categories which support the setting of student objectives. Student discrimination however is noted to be less effective in the category of questions on objectives, but not significantly so.

Anatomy↗