Blue print

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1. BY:- MR. PRAKASH YADAV TOPIC- BLUEPRINT(GENERAL SCIENCE)

2. A blueprint is generally something intended as a guide when making something else It is a detailed plan of action or outline in a technical form. MEANING OF BLUEPRINT IN EDUCATION It provide students an interactive approach for education planning to meet the curriculum expectations and learning objectives. MEANING-BLUEPRINT

3. A blueprint for test or examination is also known as the test specification provides examination strategy of an institution at a glance ;A blueprint for test or examination is also known as the test specification provides examination strategy of an institution at a glance  It is in the form of matrices i.e , tabular form “specifies all the elements of performance relevant to the assessment so that appropriate samples of activity and corresponding methods can be selected according to their relative importance to the overall assessment process” Newbie and Dawson, 1994 BLUEPRINT FOR TEST

4. For the assessment of test specification i.e., in examination . Evaluating time management and strategy to achieve the desired outcome Education administrators for curriculum development; Curriculum developers to design comprehensive, sequenced career development learning opportunities; Research and evaluators to design learning plans; It is a matrix or chart reporting the number and type of test questions; The questions represent the topics in the content area USES OF BLUEPRINT IN EDUCATION

5. Provide conceptual map of examination format and the content area Type of measurement tool for assessing the items weighting the respective column of learning objectives Blueprint is seen as readily available document, which contains the list of topics covered under each module with its identified learning objectives Content validity of assessment PURPOSE OF BLUE PRINT

6.  It provides a clear framework for the researchers to design items which assess the important concept or thinking skill listed in the test blueprint.  It also provide sources for the formative use of the summative assessment  to satisfy the bloom’s taxonomy of educational objective PURPOSE OF BLUE PRINT

7. CONTENT ANALYSIS  It is a means to divide the whole content of the syllabus or course into a systematic tabular form; Example- GUIDELINE / STEPS TO PREPARE BLUE PRINT Unit Sub-unit Lesson-1 Topic 1.1 Topic1.2 Topic 1.3 Topic 1.4 Lesson- 2 Topic 2.1 Topic2.2 Topic2.3

8. Example- D ETERMINATION OF NO . OF ITEMS FOR EACH TOPIC unit Sub-topic kn o w ledg e u n der s ta nding ap p l i cati on Total items Lesson-1 Topic 1.1 2 2 1 5 items Topic 1.2 2 2 1 5 items Topic 1.3 2 1 3 items 6 items 5 items 2 items 13 items

9. Example- In this way no. of items for other lesson could be constructed (see table below ) unit Sub-topic knowledg e understa nding applicati on Total items Lesson-1 Topic 1.1 2 2 1 5 items Topic 1.2 2 2 1 5 items Topic 1.3 2 1 3 items Lesson- 2 Topic 2.1 3 2 1 6 items Topic2.2 2 1 1 4 items Topic2.3 1 2 1 4 items Topic 2.4 1 1 1 3 items Lesson-3 Topic 3.1 2 1 1 4 items Topic 3.2 2 1 3 items total 17 items 13 items 7 items 37 items

10. D ETERMINING THE TYPES OF ITEMS subjective objective Essay type Short answer type Very short answer type rec a ll rec o g n iti o n Simple recall Fill ups R e co g n i tion test Multiple choice test T ru e / f a l se cl a ssify a n a l o g y Items type

11. Give feedback on student’s progress and teachers delivering the curriculum From student’s point, how well they attain the objectives Provides a guide to both to students and teachers Determines the reliability and validity of the examination Bloom’s taxonomy helps in developing the entire written and some aspect of practical questions B ENEFITS OF BLUE PRINT