Standardization of Question Items to Test Tamil Case Markers – A Study

Abstract

This research focuses on standardization of items for the purpose of testing knowledge with reference to language component ‘case marker’. An analysis is made with reference to the questions covering language component 'case marker' in Tamil language. Study was undertaken at the secondary school and university in the district of Tanjung Malim, Perak, Malaysia. There are 24 question items (covering the said contents) included in the questionnaire. Analysis was made based on the information or data collected from 56 selected students of school and university. The aim of this research is to see the problems in studying case markers via language dimensions. In this study question items are analyzed on the basis of the difficulty index and discriminations index. The data is collected through the questionnaire prepared for this purpose. Through this method the raw data gathered will be analyzed using the descriptive statistic calculation and with the use of important formula from the certain module. The result of the questionnaire indicates that achievement was in moderate stage. The results of the university students are better than the secondary school students. It is visualized that the both the students are understanding dimensions form and function than the structure.