Aligning Assessment and Learning Outcomes: A Case Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 6th Grade Textbook of Science
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https://doi.org/10.62997/rl.2025.42070Keywords:
Alignment, Curriculum, General Science, Learning Outcomes, Science TextbookAbstract
This study aimed to align assessment with outcomes. A case study of grade 6 textbook of science with objectives to find out the students learning outcomes of grade 6 textbook of general science at Elementary and Secondary Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to find out the assessment techniques assigned with SLOs to grade 6 of science at Elementary and Secondary level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to align the SLOs with assessment techniques of 6th grade science textbook to find coincidences or otherwise. The research questions were, what are the students’ learning outcomes of grade 6th textbook of the science subject at Elementary level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa? What are the assessment techniques assigned to those SLOs of grade 6th textbook at Elementary level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa? What are the coincidences of the SLOs and assessment techniques of grade 6th science at elementary level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?
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