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Pyschoeducational Assesment Question Paper

Pyschoeducational Assesment

Course:Bachelor Of Special Needs Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS 2008/2009
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
EDUCATION (SPECIAL EDUCATION)

PSE 101: PSYCHO EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT

DATE: Friday 21st August, 2009

TIME: 8.00a.m-10.00 a.m

INSTRUCTIONS:

Answer ALL the questions in Section I and any TWO questions Section II.

SECTION I: [30 Marks]
Q1.
Explain the following:- [2 Marks]
i) Psychoeducational assessment.
ii) Test
Q2.
Give two reasons why educational assessment is carried out in the school. [2 Marks]
Q3.
Distinguish between attainment and achievement tests. [2 Marks]
Q4.
Explain the significance of formative and summative evaluation in the classroom. [4 Marks]
Q5.
Identify any four limitations of test scores in a teaching learning situation. [4 Marks]
Q6.
Identify any four types of decisions that may be made about a student after assessment. [4 Marks]
Q7.
Specify any four problem areas in which a leaner may need referral. [4 Marks]
Q8.
What are the systematic and random errors in Psycho educational measurement? [2 Marks]
Q9.
Explain any two assumptions that underlay psycho educational assessment according to Newland 1973. [4 Marks]
Q10.
Assessment of children with special needs aims at identifying individual characteristics that are important for establishing an individual program in relationship to the child’s behaviour. Identify any four ways in which a psycho educational assessor establishes such characteristics. [4 Marks]

SECTION II (40 Marks)
Q11.
Illustrate the view that the teacher in the classroom is a chief psycho educational assessor. [20 Marks]
Q12.
Explain the strengths and the weakness of observation method in data collection. [20 Marks]
Q13.
With examples, show how home and medical records may help to understand the present situation of a learner. [20 Marks]
Q14
Explain any five side effects of Psycho educational assessment in the school. [20 Marks]

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