ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTIVENESS OF NARRATIVE BASED DELIVERY OF CONCEPTS USING EXTENDED MATCHING QUESTION ON MYCOLOGY AMONG YEAR 1 MBBS STUDENTS.

Abstract

Story telling or use of narratives is an easy way to teach concepts to students. It helps educators to communicate more effectively to students and enhances the understanding of concepts by students. However, it is also necessary to assess the level of understanding of the concepts taught using narratives. Extended Matching Questions is a valid and reliable assessment and hence is employed in evaluating the effectiveness of narrative based teaching and learning. The present study suggests that understanding the background of the teaching method employed and relating it to the performance of students during item analysis is important, while discriminating a good question from an easy question; rather than just using numbers/values from analysis.