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Stopping Rules for Computer Adaptive Testing When Item Banks Have Nonuniform Information
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Morris, Scott B.; Bass, Michael; Howard, Elizabeth; Neapolitan, Richard E. – International Journal of Testing, 2020
The standard error (SE) stopping rule, which terminates a computer adaptive test (CAT) when the "SE" is less than a threshold, is effective when there are informative questions for all trait levels. However, in domains such as patient-reported outcomes, the items in a bank might all target one end of the trait continuum (e.g., negative…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Adaptive Testing, Item Banks, Item Response Theory
An Adaptive Test Analysis Based on Students' Motivation
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Yoshioka, Sérgio R. I.; Ishitani, Lucila – Informatics in Education, 2018
Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) is now widely used. However, inserting new items into the question bank of a CAT requires a great effort that makes impractical the wide application of CAT in classroom teaching. One solution would be to use the tacit knowledge of the teachers or experts for a pre-classification and calibrate during the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Response Theory
An Investigation of Self-Adapted Testing in a Spanish High School Population.
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Ponsoda, Vincente; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
A study involving 209 Spanish high school students compared computer-based English vocabulary tests: (1) a self-adapted test (SAT); (2) a computerized adaptive test (CAT); (3) a conventional test; and (4) a test combining SAT and CAT. No statistically significant differences were found among test types for estimated ability or posttest anxiety.…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Anxiety, Comparative Analysis
Comparing Computerized Adaptive and Self-Adapted Tests: The Influence of Examinee Achievement Locus of Control.
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Wise, Steven L.; And Others – 1994
This study investigated the relationship between examinee achievement-specific locus of control and the differences between self-adapted testing (SAT) and computerized adaptive testing (CAT) in terms of mean estimated proficiency and posttest state anxiety. Subjects were 379 college students. A disordinal interaction was found between test type…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adaptive Testing, Anxiety, Attribution Theory
Performing Automatic Exams.
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Frosini, G.; Lazzerini, B.; Marcelloni, F. – Computers & Education, 1998
Describes a tool for building software systems which replace the role of the examiner during a typical Italian academic exam in technical/scientific subjects. Such systems are designed to exploit the advantages of self-adapted testing for reducing effects of anxiety, and of computerized adaptive testing for increasing assessment efficiency.…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Anxiety, Automation, Computer Assisted Testing
The Effects of Knowledge of Results and Test Difficulty on Ability Test Performance and Psychological Reactions to Testing. Research Report 78-2.
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Prestwood, J. Stephen; Weiss, David J. – 1978
Volunteer college students were assigned to one of six computer administered vocabulary tests, one half with immediate knowledge of results (KR) after responding to each item, and the other half without knowledge of results. The six tests were designed to be at one of three levels of difficulty and consisted either of 50 preselected items…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Anxiety, Computer Assisted Testing