Formative Automated Computer Testing (FACT).

Hunt, Nicoll; Hughes, Janet; Rowe, Glenn

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Publication Date: 2002

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Formative Automated Computer Testing (FACT).

Hunt, Nicoll; Hughes, Janet; Rowe, Glenn

British Journal of Educational Technology, v33 n5 p525-35 Nov 2002

Describes the development of a tool, FACT (Formative Automated Computer Testing), to formatively assess information technology skills of college students in the United Kingdom. Topics include word processing competency; tests designed by tutors and delivered via a network; and results of an evaluation that showed students preferred automated testing as compared to traditional written tests. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Competence, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Networks, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education, Information Technology, Intermode Differences, Student Attitudes, Teacher Developed Materials, Word Processing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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