Comparism of Item Difficulty and Discrimination of Pre And Post University Entrance  Examinations in Nigeria

Adamu Chidubem DEBORAH; Babatimehin TEMİTOPE; Adeoye OLUSEYİ PETER

Makale detayları

Comparism of Item Difficulty and Discrimination of Pre And Post University Entrance Examinations in Nigeria

Yazarlar:

Adamu Chidubem DEBORAH | Babatimehin TEMİTOPE | Adeoye OLUSEYİ PETER

Yayıncı:

Necmettin Erbakan University

Ana Başlıklar:

Eğitim

Dergi:

The Universal Academic Research Journal 2021 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000669423

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

2717-9133

Özet:

 

The study compared the difficulty and discrimination indices of the Pre-University Tertiary Matriculation 
Examination (Pre-UTME) and Post-University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) in the related 
subject areas of Arts, Commercial and Science in Obafemi Awolowo University (O.A.U.), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The study 
adopted the exploratory survey research design. The population for the study comprised all part one 
undergraduate students of the O.A.U., Ile-Ife in 2013/2014 session. While simple random sampling technique was 
used to select 40 departments, convenience sampling technique was used in drawing 20 part one undergraduate 
students from each of the 40 departments. A 20-item achievement test titled: 2013/2014 Pre-UTME and its 
corresponding 2013/2014 O.A.U. Post-UTME were instruments used for collecting data for this study. Data 
collected were subjected to item analysis. Results revealed that the items of the O.A.U.’s 2013/2014 in the subject 
areas of Arts, Commercial and Science (with average difficulty indices, p, of 0.53, 0.46 and 0.55 respectively) were 
more difficult than items of the 2013/2014 Pre-UTME in the same subject areas (having average p of 0.62, 0.54 and 
0.60 respectively). Finally, the results revealed that the items of the 2013/2014 Pre-UTME and O.A.U.’s Post-UTME 
in the subject areas of Arts, Commercial and Science discriminated appropriately between students in the high 
scoring group and those in the low scoring group with average discrimination indices of 0.45, 0.43, 0.46 and 0.46, 
0.43, 0.42 respectively.

 

The study compared the difficulty and discrimination indices of the Pre-University Tertiary Matriculation 
Examination (Pre-UTME) and Post-University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) in the related 
subject areas of Arts, Commercial and Science in Obafemi Awolowo University (O.A.U.), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The study 
adopted the exploratory survey research design. The population for the study comprised all part one 
undergraduate students of the O.A.U., Ile-Ife in 2013/2014 session. While simple random sampling technique was 
used to select 40 departments, convenience sampling technique was used in drawing 20 part one undergraduate 
students from each of the 40 departments. A 20-item achievement test titled: 2013/2014 Pre-UTME and its 
corresponding 2013/2014 O.A.U. Post-UTME were instruments used for collecting data for this study. Data 
collected were subjected to item analysis. Results revealed that the items of the O.A.U.’s 2013/2014 in the subject 
areas of Arts, Commercial and Science (with average difficulty indices, p, of 0.53, 0.46 and 0.55 respectively) were 
more difficult than items of the 2013/2014 Pre-UTME in the same subject areas (having average p of 0.62, 0.54 and 
0.60 respectively). Finally, the results revealed that the items of the 2013/2014 Pre-UTME and O.A.U.’s Post-UTME 
in the subject areas of Arts, Commercial and Science discriminated appropriately between students in the high 
scoring group and those in the low scoring group with average discrimination indices of 0.45, 0.43, 0.46 and 0.46, 
0.43, 0.42 respectively.

Makale detayları

Comparism of Item Difficulty and Discrimination of Pre And Post University Entrance Examinations in Nigeria

Yazarlar: Adamu Chidubem DEBORAH | Babatimehin TEMİTOPE | Adeoye OLUSEYİ PETER

Yayıncı: Necmettin Erbakan University

Ana Başlıklar: Eğitim

Dergi: The Universal Academic Research Journal 2021 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000669423

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

pISSN: 2717-9133

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Adamu Chidubem DEBORAH | Babatimehin TEMİTOPE | Adeoye OLUSEYİ PETER

Yayıncı:

Necmettin Erbakan University

Ana Başlıklar:

Eğitim

Dergi:

The Universal Academic Research Journal 2021 Vol.3 Issue 1, pp.1-9

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000669423

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

pISSN:

2717-9133