EFFECTIVENESS OF SAQ AND LAQ IN ASSESSING COGNITIVE DOMAIN AMONG FIRST YEAR MBBS, BIOCHEMISTRY STUDENTS

Abstract

BACKGROUND There are various measures used in formative assessment such as Essay Questions (EQ), Short-Answer Questions (SAQ), Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ) and Long Answer Questions (LAQ). The aim of the present study was to find out the effectiveness of SAQ and LAQ in assessing cognitive domain among First MBBS students. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted in the Department of Biochemistry, SAIMS Medical College and PG Institute, Indore. Students of first MBBS were examined to assess cognitive domain by giving SAQ and LAQ of 15 marks each. Marks obtained from both types of questions were evaluated and the results were compared among 20 high and 20 low achievers. RESULTS Average marks obtained by high achievers in SAQ are 11.575 (77.16%) and by low achievers are 7.5125 (50.08%) and average marks obtained by high achievers in LAQ are 7.4 (49.41%) respectively and by low achievers are 1.7625 (11.75%) respectively. Maximum scoring was done in SAQ than LAQ by high and low achievers. CONCLUSION In our study, we found that SAQ and LAQ assessment methods in definite proportion are a better method for assessing the cognitive domain of undergraduate medical students.