This document discusses short answer questions as an assessment type. It defines short answer questions as those that can be answered briefly, through listing, defining, drawing or simple arithmetic. The criteria for developing short answer questions are similar to those for essays, including setting questions at students' ability levels, using clear wording, and accounting for limited (10-15 minute) response times. Short answer questions primarily assess recall and understanding, while essays can assess higher-order thinking as well. Advantages are ease of construction and evaluation, while limitations include some subjectivity and inability to fully assess abilities like analysis through automated scoring. Examples are provided of remember- and understand-level questions in Bloom's taxonomy.

2. a. Definition
If the examinee answers in brief manner / draws /
defines / list outs / solves using simple arithmetic for a
question, then that question is termed as short answer
question.

3. Could you guess what may be the criteria for setting
up short answer questions?

4. Yes, you are right. The criteria that are given for essay
questions, all are applicable for short answer type.

5. b. Criteria for constructing short answer questions
b.1. One has to set a question on the expected ability
of the students.
b.2. Use appropriate wordings
b.3. The time for answering an short answer question
is to be taken into account.
b.4. Questions are to be asked directly and not round
about.

6. b.1.
b.1. One has to set a question on the expected ability
of the students. Suppose if one want’s to test the
understanding ability of the students then, the question has
to be set on that ability.
For example,
Give two examples for metals?

7. Is that question rightly asked?

8. Yes, that one was right.
Give two examples for metals?
Here the word example belongs to (SIO) of
Understanding (GIO)

9. b.2. Use appropriate wordings
Could you give two examples for metals?
Is this question rightly written?

10. No.
Could you cite two examples for metals would be
better than give two examples for metals

11. b.3. The time for answering an short answer question
is to be taken into account. Generally 10 - 15 minutes are
required to attempt on short answer question.

12. b.4. Questions are to be asked directly and not round
about.
In your daily life, you would have seen many metals.
Could you cite two examples for metals?
Could you correct this question?

13. Cite two examples for metals? (Cite Examples)

14. It is as like repeating criteria for essay questions but
with two differences. What are they?

15. 1. Short answer type questions measure LOTS
whereas essay questions measures both LOTS and HOTS.
2. The time required for answering a short answer is
around 10 to 15 minutes.

17. c. Advantages
•Easy to construct
•Evaluation is easier than essay question
•More objective than essay question
•Bluffing is less possible

18. d. Limitations
• Subjectivity in measuring
• Unable to measure through machine
•Time is required for declaration of results
•Abilities such as remember, and understand are only
measured.

19. Examples
• Name the sub categories of cognitive domain of
Benjamin Bloom’s (List out) (Remember)
•Define characterization in affective domain in your own
words. (Defining in own words) (Understand)

20. Assignment
Now construct four questions, two each in remember
and understand in your selected and fixed syllabus.
Write as like in brown colored question.
Name the sub categories of cognitive domain of
Benjamin Bloom’s (List out) (Remember)
The first brackets gives SIO and the second one gives
GIO. So the model for writing question is
Question (SIO) (GIO)

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