tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post5610806960834965306..comments2024-03-29T11:45:43.197+05:30Comments on Musings of Dheeraj Sanghi: JEE Advanced 2014Dheeraj Sanghihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06367519409840642182noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-10706398610374468702014-08-07T19:43:15.521+05:302014-08-07T19:43:15.521+05:30I wish to be enlightened about how the bias in che...I wish to be enlightened about how the bias in checking the answers the subjective question paper can be eliminated in totality? <br />Almost every numerical and analytical problem can be reduced to a numeric 4 digit answer which student needs to work out by solving the problem . I agree that the marks cannot be given for intermediate steps, in this case but that unfairness is same for everyone,The advantage in this case is that the checking with machine, removes any bias and makes the system more transparent.<br />I don't think that IITs would ever like to give a paper that asks student to draw , derive and define , so in my humble opinion present pattern should be improved rather than introducing any form of written descriptive answers .<br />As usual an Excellent and informative read , sir . Sunil Balanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806041150956325741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-91426870527338017312014-06-30T19:00:16.466+05:302014-06-30T19:00:16.466+05:30Dear Sir,
I agree completely on the issue of swif...Dear Sir,<br /><br />I agree completely on the issue of swift release of rankings and college allotment. Also ORS issue is a big one: I know many students who have shown me their duplicate ORS sheets in which they filled around 4 - 5 wrong choices. The accuracy with which one needs to fill ORS does divert attention from solving the problem.<br /><br />I am not fully convinced that if we replace the mcq based objective questions with long answer based subjective questions would help improve the JEE systems. I believe it would add to the ambiguity of the system. I sincerely feel that the students who clear JEE advance now almost 80 - 90 % of them will clear the subjective exam without much shift in their ranks. I am confused because everyone suggests that long answers based questions is the trick to improvise the systems. Instead, personal interviews of 20,000 qualified candidates should be done to determine the ranking but even that would not create much of a difference. <br /><br />Regards YashYash Pratap Singhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840797054742268448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273139713770751485.post-865718956445182652014-06-26T14:09:02.823+05:302014-06-26T14:09:02.823+05:30There are some other things as well, which you men...There are some other things as well, which you mentioned in 2012 (about the board exam side of the JEE Criteria, which I have tracked, and have some interesting observations about).<br /><br />1. I think, you were concerned, that year to year averages will increase; and make people chase a moving target (add to tension). I checked out ISC data, and the PCM averages have jumped by 4% in 2 years (2012-2014) and the 20th percentile mark has jumpled from 81.something to 85%! Similar jumps in CBSE.<br /><br />2. One might say - okay, scoring has become liberal for everyone - but I differ. When you begin squashing large number of students into a very narrow band, the exam has basically lost its ability to discriminate, and some arbitrariness might occur in relative positioning, and so a deserving student misses out on being in the 20-percentile mark.<br /><br />3. Huge jump in the number of Physical Education takers, where half the score is internally assessed! PED has an average of around 85-90, something like ECON has an average of 50-55 in both the boards. Basically, people are being dissuaded from taking the tougher subjects in Class 12.<br /><br />4. Non-board exam related: surely, there can be some component related to general visual design, general aptitude, logic or programming - and perhaps, even language - in the JEE by now, as an identifier of essential skills in good and creative engineers. Apart from the operational aspects you mentioned, I think these academic aspects will also fetch you a better student population given that just the standard PCM model has been gamed too much now.<br /><br />Side note: I will be updating <a href="http://www.thelearningpoint.net/home/examination-results-2013/cbse-2004-to-2014-bulls-in-china-shops" rel="nofollow">this article</a> with 2014 data for CBSE and ISCE, showing how both boards did not care one bit about their scoring anomalies even after they came out in TOI/HT. I think the biggest blunder will once again repeat itself when these dubious distributions are clubbed with entrance test scores for the non-IIT institutes. Prashbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032810264029125901noreply@blogger.com