Assessment / Spring 2010 / AC 131/2 - Accounting 1, Section 2
MIDTERM EXAM
This section contains item analysis for midterm examination given in AC 131/2 - Accounting 1 (Section 2) 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 26; 3 STUDENTS ABSENT (NOT INCLUDED IN COUNT) | ||||
| AVERAGE GRADE = 60% LOWEST GRADE = 30% HIGHEST GRADE = 89% | |||||
| ITEM # | ANSWERED CORRECTLY | PERCENT | ITEM # | ANSWERED CORRECTLY | PERCENT |
| TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS (CHAPTERS 1-4) | MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (CHAPTER 4) | ||||
| 1 | 21 | 91% | EMBEDDED PRETEST QUESTIONS | ||
| 2 | 17 | 74% | 1 | 15 | 65% |
| 3 | 20 | 87% | 2 | 11 | 48%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 | 16 | 70% | 3 | 7 | 30%Tests the student's knowledge in formulating adjusting entries and his/her ability to calculate expired portion of prepaid insurance (Course-Level SLO #4) |
| 5 | 16 | 70% | OTHER QUESTIONS | ||
| 6 | 22 | 96% | 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 | 22 | 96% | 5 | 18 | 78% |
| 8 | 17 | 74% | 6 | 13 | 57% |
| 9 | 20 | 87% | 7 | 17 | 74% |
| 10 | 20 | 87% | 8 | 15 | 65% |
| 11 | 16 | 70% | 9 | 14 | 61% |
| 12 | 15 | 65% | 10 | 10 | 43%Tests the student's knowledge in formulating adjusting entries and his/her ability to calculate unpaid salaries for a given period (Course-Level SLO #4) |
| 13 | 19 | 83% | 11 | 11 | 48%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) |
| 14 | 21 | 91% | 12 | 15 | 65% |
| 15 | 21 | 91% | 13 | 13 | 57% |
| 16 | 7 | 30%Tests the student's knowledge and understanding of the definition and nature of adjusting entries (Course-Level SLO #4) | 14 | 12 | 52% |
| 17 | 10 | 43%Tests the student's understanding of the relationship between adjusting entries and internal (as oppossed to external) transactions (Course-Level SLO #4) | 15 | 13 | 57% |
| 18 | 3 | 13%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) |
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| 20 | 23 | 100% | |||
| 21 | 15 | 65% | |||
| 22 | 17 | 74% | – | 6 | 26%Tests the student's knowledge and skill in completing a properly-formatted work sheet (Course-Level SLO #4) |
| 23 | 19 | 83% | |||
| 24 | 16 | 70% |
REMARKS ONLY SEVEN out of twenty-three students (30%) 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 eleven, or forty-eight percent (48%). Majority of the students (52%) failed the test. See charts below. Percentages do not add up to 100% in chart due to rounding off. |
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| 25 | 16 | 70% | |||
| 26 | 21 | 91% | |||
| 27 | 12 | 52% | |||
| 28 | 13 | 57% | |||
| 29 | 20 | 87% | |||
| 30 | 22 | 96% | |||
CHARTS [To view TABLE, click on image below or click here.]
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