Concordance between Test Items and Lesson Objectives of Pedagogical Discourse
The aim of this study is to see if there is any discrepancy between constructed response test items and learning objectives of Grade IX English Textbook published by Punjab Textbook Board, Lahore. As product oriented syllabi have clearly defined objectives, each lesson of the book contains a specified set of objectives. The researcher studied these objectives and their relation to the test items set in annual and supplementary exams conducted by Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad. It was a descriptive study and the data was interpreted using the theoretical framework propounded by Robert J. Marzano and Johns Kendall (2007). It was found that though most of the objectives fulfilled the recommended criteria of the taxonomy. Yet, they remained unfruitful as the test items are not related to them. Thus, the textbook needs to be improved in this regard.
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Constructed Response Test Items, Learning Objectives, English Textbooks
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(1) Azhar Habib
Lecturer, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
(2) Riaz Ahmed
Mphil Scholar, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
(3) Sana Gul
MPhil. Scholar, Northern University, Nowshera, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Habib, A., Ahmed, R., & Gul, S. (2017). Concordance between Test Items and Lesson Objectives of Pedagogical Discourse. Global Language Review, II(I), 76-96. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).06
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CHICAGO : Habib, Azhar, Riaz Ahmed, and Sana Gul. 2017. "Concordance between Test Items and Lesson Objectives of Pedagogical Discourse." Global Language Review, II (I): 76-96 doi: 10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).06
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HARVARD : HABIB, A., AHMED, R. & GUL, S. 2017. Concordance between Test Items and Lesson Objectives of Pedagogical Discourse. Global Language Review, II, 76-96.
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MHRA : Habib, Azhar, Riaz Ahmed, and Sana Gul. 2017. "Concordance between Test Items and Lesson Objectives of Pedagogical Discourse." Global Language Review, II: 76-96
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MLA : Habib, Azhar, Riaz Ahmed, and Sana Gul. "Concordance between Test Items and Lesson Objectives of Pedagogical Discourse." Global Language Review, II.I (2017): 76-96 Print.
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OXFORD : Habib, Azhar, Ahmed, Riaz, and Gul, Sana (2017), "Concordance between Test Items and Lesson Objectives of Pedagogical Discourse", Global Language Review, II (I), 76-96
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TURABIAN : Habib, Azhar, Riaz Ahmed, and Sana Gul. "Concordance between Test Items and Lesson Objectives of Pedagogical Discourse." Global Language Review II, no. I (2017): 76-96. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2017(II-I).06