Objective Scoring Approach. Prepared by: Nur Athirah binti Che
RobiSelly Aina binti Zakaria Definition of Objective Scoring
Approach This scoring approach relies on quantified methods of
evaluating students writing. OBJECTIVE SCORINGA sample of how
objective scoring is conducted is given by Bailey (1999) Establish
standardization by limiting the length of the assessment: Count the
first 250 words of the essay.Identify the elements to be assessed:
Go through the essay up to the 250th word underlining every mistake
from spelling and mechanics through verb tenses, morphology,
vocabulary, etc. Include every error that a literate reader might
note.Operationalise the assessment: Assign a weight score to each
error, from 3 to 1. A score of 3 is a severe distortion of
readability or flow of ideas; 2 is a moderate distortion; and 1 is
a minor error that does not affect readability in any significant
way.Quantify the assessment: Calculate the essay Correctness Score
by using 250 words as the numerator of a fraction, and the sum of
error scores as the denominator: The denominator is the sum of all
the error scores. 3OBJECTIVE SCORINGrelies on quantified methods of
evaluating students writinganalyzing occurrences of linguistic
features. The objective scoring used were categorized as word and
sentence counts, syntactic complexity with no attention to error,
and syntactic complexity with attention to error. objective scoring
that took error into account were able to discriminate between
three essay quality levels. 4How to conduct objective scoring
approach? Establish standardization by limiting the length of the
assessment: Count the first 250 words of the essay.Identify the
elements to be assessed: Go through the essay up to the 250th word
underlining every mistake from spelling and mechanics through verb
tenses, morphology, vocabulary, etc. Include every error that a
literate reader might note.
3. Operationalise the assessment: Assign a weight score to each
error, from 3 to 1. A score of 3 is a severe distortion of
readability or flow of ideas; 2 is a moderate distortion; and 1 is
a minor error that does not affect readability in any significant
way.4. Quantify the assessment: Calculate the essay Correctness
Score by using 250 words as the numerator of a fraction, and the
sum of error scores as the denominator: The denominator is the sum
of all the error scores:
