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DEVELOPMENT
Development of Exemplar Problem in Science for Class VIII
In view of the changes recommended in the NCF-2005 with regard to evaluation
approaches the department initiated the development of exemplar problems in
science and mathematics. The main objective of developing the book on ‘Exemplar
Problems in Science’ is to provide the teachers and students a large number of
quality problems in various forms and format with varying levels of difficulty to
facilitate teaching-learning of concepts in science that are presented through the
textbook. It is envisaged that the problems included in this book would help the
teachers to design tasks to assess effectiveness of their teaching and to know
about the achievement of their students besides facilitating preparation of
balanced question paper for testing their students. In addition, the problems
given in this book are also expected to help the teachers to perceive the basic
characteristics of good quality questions and motivate them to frame similar
questions on their own. Students too can benefit themselves by attempting the
exercises given in the book for self assessment and also in mastering the basic
techniques of problem solving. Some of the problems given in the book are
expected to challenge the students’ understanding of Science concepts and to
apply them in new situations. A series of three workshops was organised to
develop the manuscript for Exemplar Problem in Science for Class VIII. The first
workshop was held from 12 to 16 July 2010 in which the first draft of the material
was prepared. The material was subsequently reviewed and edited in two
workshops held from 20 to 23 December 2010 and 21 to 24 February 2011.
The book is under publication.
Source Book on Assessment in Mathematics at the Upper Primary Stage
The book has been developed keeping in view the child as the centre of all attention.
It gives a message to teachers and administrators that children are a precious
treasure and hope of our future. They need to be nurtured at all stages of life at
school. This source book is stressing that the assessment should be continuous
and comprehensive and is a part of learning. But it should take place with as
little stress to the child as possible. The source book deals with the basic aspects
they need to know about students and about assessment in Mathematics. It
also informs about the need for the source book; the indicators of learning, and
how they play a vital role in assessing the learner comprehensively; various tasks
that can be followed to make the assessment more comprehensive and objective.
For the suggested tasks, examples are drawn from the NCERT textbooks. The
examples have been taken from different areas like Number System, Geometry,
Algebra etc; provides the details and the mechanism for recording and reporting
the assessment of an individual learner over the entire session. The need for
maintaining individual learner’s records is also discussed; and it contains case
studies directly from classrooms. It is hoped that these would help teachers to
carry-out the assessment in Mathematics through the various tasks set by them.
Source Book on Assessment in Science at the Upper Primary Stage
The book has been developed keeping in view the child as the centre of all attention.
It gives a message to teachers and administrators that children are a precious
treasure and hope of our future. They need to be nurtured at all stages of life at
school. This source book is stressing that the assessment should be continuous
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