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Effect of Different Score Reports of Web-Based Formative Test on Students' Self-Regulated Learning
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Zou, Xiaoling; Zhang, Xuning – Computers & Education, 2013
A new score report based on a mechanism of formative assessment and feedback is developed to offer individual testees not only their final scores but also their sub-scale scores, their percentile position, as well as corresponding feedback on self-regulation strategies. Structural equation modeling is adopted in the confirmatory factor analysis to…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Computer Assisted Testing, Learning Strategies
Effects of a Digital Intervention on the Development of Algebraic Expertise
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Bokhove, Christian; Drijvers, Paul – Computers & Education, 2012
In this article we report on the effects of a digital intervention on the development of algebraic expertise of 17-18 year old students in the Netherlands. The question to be answered was whether the intervention would be effective and what factors influenced the outcome. With notions of formative assessment and symbol sense as guiding theoretical…
Descriptors: Expertise, Feedback (Response), Test Results, Student Attitudes
Improving Student Performance in a First-Year Geography Course: Examining the Importance of Computer-Assisted Formative Assessment
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Wilson, Kathi; Boyd, Cleo; Chen, Liwen; Jamal, Sarosh – Computers & Education, 2011
The main objective of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of computer-assisted formative assessment in a large, first-year undergraduate geography course. In particular, the paper evaluates the impact of computer-assisted multiple-choice practice tests on student performance in the course as well as student opinions of this type of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes, Formative Evaluation
Authoring Diagram-Based CBA with CourseMarker
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Higgins, Colin A.; Bligh, Brett; Symeonidis, Pavlos; Tsintsifas, Athanasios – Computers & Education, 2009
The CourseMarker system has been used to assess free-response computer based assessment (CBA) exercises since 1998. The aim of the studies reported here was to evaluate the feasibility and usefulness of developing and deploying diagram-based exercises using DATsys, an authoring environment for diagram-based CBA, together with CourseMarker.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Formative Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing, Questionnaires
Integrative Evaluation: An Emerging Role for Classroom Studies of CAL.
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Draper, Stephen W.; And Others – Computers & Education, 1996
Reviews evaluations of CAL (computer-assisted learning) in use at the University of Glasgow (Scotland). Topics include methods used; prior knowledge; learning motivation; attitude measures; confidence logs; knowledge quizzes; study habits; Hawthorne effects; formative, summative, illuminative, and integrative evaluation; quality assurance…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
The Use of Pre-Test and Post-Test in CALL: A Case Study.
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Blin, Francoise; Wilson, Diana – Computers & Education, 1994
Considers the use of pre- and posttest results as formative evaluation tools and describes a small group evaluation of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) courseware dealing with French for banking. Test design is discussed, including standards, validity, and reliability; and results from user questionnaires are examined. (Contains 14…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction