Lyceum of the Philippines University Graduate School

Item Analysis Report of the Purposive Communication Final Exam

A Paper Submitted to Dr. Lourdes P. Panaligan

Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas

Graduate School

In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for

PhD ELS – DP ENGL 806 Teaching English for Specific Purposes

MARINEIL ALILEI B. ABANTE

June 2019
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Course: PURPCOM
Course Title: Purposive Communication
Day/Time: Monday/1:00pm-3:00pm
Instructor: Marineil Alilei B. Abante
Description: This is the departmental final exam given to D1B students or the first
year Industrial Engineering students who took up Purposive Communication
covering the topics of communication in the workplace and communicating for
academic purposes.
Term/Year: 2nd semester/2018-2019
Papers Graded: 20
Number of Questions: 60
Average: 47.3
Standard deviation: 11.3
Min: 28.3
Max: 63.3
Source: ZipGrade

No. Total D.F. A B C D Interpretation

Correct
Responses
1 30.00% 0.49 6 0 13 1 Rejected
2 10.00% 0.41 4 10 2 1 Rejected
3 20.00% -0.01 4 12 3 1 Rejected
4 15.00% 0.21 7 5 3 4 Rejected
5 95.00% 0.12 0 1 0 19 Accepted
6 70.00% 0.45 0 14 2 4 Accepted
7 65.00% 0.09 4 1 13 2 Accepted
8 45.00% 0.15 3 6 2 9 Rejected
9 30.00% 0.48 3 6 5 6 Rejected
10 35.00% 0.56 2 7 3 7 Rejected
11 45.00% 0.30 7 4 0 9 Rejected
12 85.00% 0.51 1 17 0 2 Accepted
13 45.00% 0.27 7 4 9 0 Rejected
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14 20.00% -0.08 2 12 4 2 Rejected
15 60.00% 0.26 2 12 2 4 Accepted
16 55.00% 0.12 11 1 4 4 Accepted
17 35.00% 0.47 6 7 2 5 Rejected
18 40.00% -0.15 4 2 6 8 Rejected
19 50.00% 0.26 2 10 6 1 Accepted
20 70.00% 0.25 14 3 1 2 Accepted
21 15.00% 0.15 2 4 3 11 Rejected
22 35.00% 0.33 5 6 7 2 Rejected
23 35.00% 0.44 1 4 8 7 Rejected
24 25.00% -0.31 5 1 5 9 Rejected
25 60.00% 0.60 3 12 2 3 Accepted
26 60.00% 0.38 1 12 2 5 Accepted
27 55.00% 0.11 3 6 0 11 Accepted
28 75.00% 0.54 0 15 0 5 Accepted
29 55.00% 0.18 1 8 11 0 Accepted
30 75.00% 0.07 15 1 3 1 Accepted
31 45.00% 0.06 9 2 6 3 Rejected
32 40.00% -0.20 4 8 5 2 Rejected
33 85.00% 0.47 17 0 1 2 Accepted
34 20.00% 0.31 4 4 4 8 Rejected
35 35.00% 0.36 7 0 4 8 Rejected
36 10.00% 0.01 4 2 13 1 Rejected
37 55.00% 0.38 1 11 7 1 Accepted
38 55.00% 0.55 2 11 6 1 Accepted
39 15.00% -0.04 1 12 4 3 Rejected
40 5.00% -0.15 16 1 1 2 Rejected
41 25.00% 0.30 12 3 5 0 Rejected
42 25.00% 0.25 7 4 4 5 Rejected
43 50.00% 0.67 3 10 5 2 Accepted
44 70.00% 0.69 1 3 14 2 Accepted
45 55.00% 0.05 11 2 5 2 Accepted
46 35.00% 0.17 2 8 3 7 Rejected
47 75.00% 0.40 3 1 1 15 Accepted
48 90.00% 0.40 0 0 2 18 Accepted
49 50.00% 0.04 10 3 4 3 Accepted
50 20.00% -0.16 10 4 3 3 Rejected
51 65.00% 0.51 1 13 4 2 Accepted
52 20.00% -0.35 4 4 1 11 Rejected
53 75.00% 0.54 15 0 2 3 Accepted
54 55.00% 0.46 6 3 11 0 Accepted
55 80.00% 0.23 2 0 2 16 Accepted
56 35.00% -0.09 3 3 7 7 Rejected
57 45.00% 0.26 9 4 5 2 Rejected
58 40.00% -0.01 5 4 8 2 Rejected
59 60.00% 0.58 12 1 2 5 Accepted
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60 90.00% 0.29 2 0 0 18 Accepted

From the 60 questions, only 29 questions were answered correctly by the

majority. However, most of the questions have the discriminant factor (DF) which

is the correlation between students that answer this question correctly and how

well those sudents performed on the test overall. Expressed as a decimal

between -1 and +1, a positive discriminant factor indicates that students did well

on this question did well on the overall test. A strong negative value may indicate

a poorly written question or incorrecly keyed answer which is also reflected in the

table. There were 11 questions with negative value in DF which can be reviewed

for revision.

But what can be noticed in the table, though most of the items were rejected

due to few number of students who got it correctly, the DF is in a positive value

and more than the 0.1 value. It can be inferred that some of the students did not

study their lesson. For the most rejected questions, it can be a point of reflection

to look back the at the competencies taught and review if the question matches

the competency. But this result is only for this class of D1B which I had observed

never exert effort to study and give their best during the entire semester. Only few

students were really diligent and listening to the instructions as well as in the

conduct of the lesson. Perhaps, more exercises should be given applying the

principles of purposive communication.

In terms of the content of the lesson, everything is uploaded in Canvas which

is the Learning Management System of the Institution. Exercises were given as

well as the authentic tasks to maximize the learning of the students at their own
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pace. However, it can also be construed that the students might have a problem

in understanding the question as well as neglecting to study the basic principles

which are present in the question.

With this, revisiting the content as well as the items which are rejected for

further intensification through exercises that would show application of the

principles in purposive communication. Upon teaching this subject to this

generation, it was observed that communication skills are difficult now for the

students though they can speak because they never care about the purpose of

the communication which will make communication successful.