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Arora, Simple; Chaudhary, Priya; Singh, Reetesh Kr – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2021
Purpose: The novel coronavirus pandemic is projected to cause an elevation in anxiety levels across the globe. With everything shifting to online mode, the teaching-learning has also gone virtual. This study aims to analyze the impact of novel coronavirus and online education on student's anxiety and self-efficacy, investigate the role of coping…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Anxiety
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Bakir, Nesrin; Dana, Kareem; Abdullat, Amjad – Information Systems Education Journal, 2019
Data analytical skills are essential to compete in today's competitive economy. The ability to understand, use, codify, and manipulate data to make business decisions is an essential factor of information competence. One way to ensure that students are well-prepared in terms of their technological literacy is through the use of certifications in…
Descriptors: College Students, Business Administration Education, Student Certification, Spreadsheets
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The 2013 study, "Daily Online Testing in Large Classes: Boosting College Performance While Reducing Achievement Gaps," examined the impact of frequent online testing and immediate feedback on the academic performance of college students. The study was conducted at the University of Texas in the fall of 2008 and 2011. Researchers found…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Class Size, Student Evaluation, Computer Assisted Testing
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Michael, Timothy B.; Williams, Melissa A. – Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice, and Research, 2013
As online programs at conventional universities continue to expand, administrators and faculty face new challenges. Academic dishonesty is nothing new, but an online testing environment requires different strategies and tactics from what we have had to consider in the past. Our university has recently adapted successful face-to-face programs in…
Descriptors: Cheating, Online Courses, Ethics, Computer Assisted Testing
Horn, Aaron S.; Asmussen, John G. – Midwestern Higher Education Compact, 2014
A significant challenge in higher education is to narrow the educational attainment gap between academically prepared and unprepared students. To this end, developmental or remedial education is intended to improve the academic skills and knowledge of students who are unprepared for undergraduate coursework, particularly in the areas of…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Programs, Remedial Instruction, Comparative Analysis
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Fairclough, Marta A.; Belpoliti, Flavia; Bermejo, Encarna – Hispania, 2010
The purpose of this article is to briefly describe the design and piloting of a branched, online placement and credit examination that measures receptive as well as productive and creative language abilities in the heritage language of college students entering the Spanish for Heritage Learners Program at the University of Houston, a major…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Native Language Instruction, Heritage Education
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Wang, Jinhao; Brown, Michelle Stallone – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2008
The purpose of the current study was to analyze the relationship between automated essay scoring (AES) and human scoring in order to determine the validity and usefulness of AES for large-scale placement tests. Specifically, a correlational research design was used to examine the correlations between AES performance and human raters' performance.…
Descriptors: Scoring, Essays, Computer Assisted Testing, Sentence Structure
Kadhi, Tau – Online Submission, 2004
This paper addresses instrumentation design and an ongoing study of an online formative assessment instrument and its effects in pre-college (developmental/remedial) mathematics courses. The use of facet theory and instructional technologies are harmonized to construct and scale an online instrument designed to document student procedures while…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Measures (Individuals), Computer Assisted Testing, Remedial Mathematics