Assessment / Spring 2010 / AC 131/1 - Accounting 1, Section 1


MIDTERM EXAM

This section contains item analysis for midterm examination given in AC 131/1 - Accounting 1 (Section 1) for the Spring Semester 2010.   Mouseover bubble tipsThis is an example of a mouseover bubble tip. are included for questions that were correctly answered by fewer than fifty percent (50%) or less than half of those of who took the test, to alert students on which particular topic (and learning outcome) they need to review and study further.

MIDTERM EXAMINATION - ITEM ANALYSIS
TOPIC COVERAGE CHAPTERS 1-4
SLOs ASSESSED COURSE-LEVEL SLO #1, 2, 3, 4, 5
DATE GIVEN FEBRUARY 23, 2010
TYPE OF EXAM THEORY QUESTIONS AND PROBLEM SOLVING
NUMBER OF ITEMS (QUESTIONS) 30 TRUE OR FALSE ITEMS, 15 MULTIPLE CHOICE, 20 POINTS PROBLEM SOLVING (PREPARING THE WORK SHEET)
NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE EXAM 23 OF 25; 2 STUDENTS ABSENT, 1 STUDENT WITHDRAWN (NOT INCLUDED IN COUNT)
AVERAGE GRADE = 69%     LOWEST GRADE = 34%     HIGHEST GRADE = 94%
ITEM # ANSWERED CORRECTLY PERCENT ITEM # ANSWERED CORRECTLY PERCENT
TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS (CHAPTERS 1-4) MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (CHAPTER 4)
1 22 96% EMBEDDED PRETEST QUESTIONS
2 15 65% 1 17 74%
3 18 78% 2 9 39%Tests the student's knowledge and skill in preparing the work sheet and explaining the significance of the resulting figures in the completed document. (Course-Level SLO #4)
4 14 61% 3 12 52%
5 13 57% OTHER QUESTIONS
6 21 91% 4 8 35%Tests the student's ability to calculate depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and book value of long-lived assets (Course-Level SLO #4)
7 20 87% 5 12 52%
8 13 57% 6 10 43%Tests the student's ability to analyze adjustment data and prepare adjusting entry involving unpaid salaries (Course-Level SLO #4)
9 17 74% 7 17 74%
10 14 61% 8 18 78%
11 20 87% 9 20 87%
12 16 70% 10 13 57%
13 21 91% 11 12 52%
14 19 83% 12 12 52%
15 19 83% 13 7 30%Tests the student's knowledge and skill in preparing the work sheet and explaining the significance of the resulting figures in the completed document. (Course-Level SLO #4)
16 12 52% 14 9 39%Tests the student's ability to list the steps in the accounting cycle in proper sequence (General Course Objective)
17 14 61% 15 11 48%Tests the student's understanding of the relationship among journalizing and posting adjusting entries and the adjusted trial balance in the work sheet. (Course-Level SLO #4)
18 8 35%Tests the student's understanding of the definition and nature of depreciation, as well as what constitutes long-lived assets. (Course-Level SLO #4) PROBLEM SOLVING
19 22 96% PREPARING THE WORK SHEET
(WITH AT LEAST 70% ACCURACY)
20 20 87%
21 18 78%
22 18 78% 13 57%
23 9 39%Tests the student's knowledge of terminology associated with the ledger (SLO #3)
24 18 78%

REMARKS

TWELVE out of twenty-three students (52%) passed the midterm examination with grade of 70% (C) and higher.  Including those who obtained 60% and higher (ABCD), the total number of students who passed the exam was seventeen (17) or seventy-four percent (74%).  See charts below.

25 14 61%
26 22 96%
27 13 57%
28 15 65%
29 18 78%
30 22 96%

CHARTS  [To view TABLE, click on image below or click here.]


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