Browsing by Author "Kukwi, I.J."

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    COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COGNITIVE LEVELS OF MATHEMATICS- TEST- ITEMS OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT AND JUNIOR SCHOOLS CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION IN WESTERN SENATORIAL ZONE OF NASARAWA STATE
    (Department of Educational Foundation, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2017-02-02) Kukwi, I.J.; Osu, Tanimu
    This study assessed the Comparative Analysis of Cognitive Levels of Mathematics- Test- Items of Continuous Assessment and Junior Schools Certificate Examination in Western Senatorial zone of Nasarawa State between 2013-2015. The researchers analyzed the taxonomic spread of the content and levels ofcognitive ofJSCE and CA Mathematics questions for 2013 - 2015 sessions. The JSCE Mathematics Curriculum, CA and JSCE Mathematics question papers were the main sources of data. 191 performance objectives from the Core Curriculum, 256 questions from CA and 192 questions from JSCE examination papers were classified against the levels ofcognitive using Table ofS pecification. The results indicated that there are comparative differences in spread oftopics and | levels of cognitive in CA and JSCE. Besides, questions emphasized more of lower levels of the cognitive as knowledge and comprehension in continuous assessment test than JSCE. It was concluded that the Table of Specification was not adequately use during construction of CA and JSCE test items. It was therefore, recommended that teachers and examiners of JSCE should employ the services of test experts to ensure adequate use of Table of Specifications in their test development and ensure contents and items spread.
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    COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ITEM DIFFICULTY AND DISCRIMINATION INDICES OF MATHEMATICS EXAMINATIONS OF WAEC AND NECO IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ABUJA, NIGERIA
    (Department of Educational Foundations, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-10-10) Allahnana, Kwanza Maikudi; Isyaku, Salihu; Charles, Maduegbuna Anikweze; Kukwi, I.J.
    The study compared the analysis of Item difficulty and discrimination indices of Mathematics examinations of II .U:C and NECO in Federal Capital Territory Abuja, Nigeria. The study utilised descriptire s/nrey research design. The study population consists of 18,153 SS III students from 55 public secondary schools that hare been presenting students in writing Mathematics examination during Wf/lEC and NECO SSCE in FCT Abuja. Multistage stratified random sampling technique was used to sample 375 respondents. The instruments used for data collection wen two Mathematics Achieiemen! Test (AMT): whose items wen adopted from WAEC and NECO multiple-choice question papers of 2014. In order to make sun the instrument measured what thy an design to measure, content validity was sought and obtained by submitting the test items to two experts in the field of Measurement and Evaluation and Mathematics Education. The logical consensus of the experts enabled the researchers to establish rational validity indices of 0.86 and 0.83 respectively for 11 ’ LEC and NECO Mathematics. Cronbach Alpha method was used to established internal consistency indices of 0.82 and 0.81 nspectirehy. Classical Test Theory (CTT) model of item analysis was used to establish the difficulty, discrimination and distracier indices cj the test items. The mean difficulty indices, mean discrimination indices and mean distracter indices were used to analyse da!j for answer research questions one to time. By the hypotheses were tested using ttest statistics. This is considered suitable because the two independent mean of the indices were used for the analysis. It recommends that the present levels of difficulty arJ discrimination indices oj Mathematics examination items used by WAEC and NECO should be sustained and improved upon.
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    COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS’ BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS OF WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB EXAMINATIONS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
    (Department of Educational Foundations, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-11-15) Allahnana, Kwanza Maikudi; Kukwi, I.J.
    This paper compared secondary school Economics Students' behaviour towards the administrations of summative assessment instruments of WAEC, NECO and NABTEB examinations in Kaduna State. Nigeria. The design adopted for this study was cross-sectional survey research design