CANDIDATES’ ITEM RESPONSE ANALYSIS (CIRA) REPORTS BOOKS FORM FOUR CSEE 2017
The 2017 Civics Candidates’ Items Response Analysis Report on the performance of the candidates for the Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations (CSEE) 2017 was prepared so as to provide a feedback to students, teachers, policy makers and other educational stakeholders on the candidates’ performance in the subject.
The report identifies reasons for the candidates’ good performance and points out some of the factors which account for the inability of some candidates to provide correct answers to the given questions.
The analysis of the items was conducted in order to identify different misconceptions and errors which occurred in answering the questions.
The report shows the percentage of the candidates who performed good, average and poor in each question.
In CSEE 2017, the candidates who passed Civics examination increased by 9.85 percent compared with the performance of Civics CSEE 2016.
Despite the improved performance in 2017, there were notable mistakes that hindered the performance of some candidates such as inability of some candidates to identify demands of the questions, insufficient knowledge of the subject matter, inability to interpret concepts in comprehension passage, poor English language skills and repetition of points.
Above all, total of 37,263 candidates did not attempt 7 required questions that is, some candidates only answered from 4 to 6 out of 7 questions.
The Council expects that the feedback provided and recommendations given in this report will enable various educational stakeholders to take appropriate measures to increase the future performance in the subject.
The National Examinations Council of Tanzania will highly appreciate comments and suggestions from teachers, students and the general public on how to improve future candidates’ Item Response Analysis Reports.
CANDIDATES’ ITEM RESPONSE ANALYSIS (CIRA) REPORTS BOOKS FORM FOUR CSEE 2017
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS BOOKS/CANDIDATES’ ITEM RESPONSE ANALYSIS (CIRA) REPORTS /CSEE/2017
