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OECD Publishing, 2019
Log files from computer-based assessment can help better understand respondents' behaviours and cognitive strategies. Analysis of timing information from Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) reveals large differences in the time participants take to answer assessment items, as well as large country differences…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items, Reaction Time
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Carrió-Pastor, María Luisa; Martín Marchante, Beatriz – International Journal of English Studies, 2018
The work at hand is part of a wider study the aim of which was to determine what kind of factors influence failures in pragmatic items of an online adaptive placement test taken by a group of 34 Spanish students in their first year at university. A preceding analysis (Carrió & Martín, 2016) showed the type of personal factors, such as lack of…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Test Items, Language Tests, College Freshmen
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Aldabe, Itziar; Maritxalar, Montse – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2014
The work we present in this paper aims to help teachers create multiple-choice science tests. We focus on a scientific vocabulary-learning scenario taking place in a Basque-language educational environment. In this particular scenario, we explore the option of automatically generating Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ) by means of Natural Language…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Test Construction, Computer Assisted Testing, Multiple Choice Tests
OECD Publishing, 2013
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) has been planned as an ongoing program of assessment. The first cycle of the assessment has involved two "rounds." The first round, which is covered by this report, took place over the period of January 2008-October 2013. The main features of the first cycle of…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Adults, Skills, Test Construction
Laborda, Jesus Garcia; Bakieva, Margarita; Gonzalez-Such, Jose; Pavon, Ana Sevilla – Online Submission, 2010
Since the Spanish Educational system is changing and promoting the use of online tests, it was necessary to study the transformation of test items in the "Spanish University Entrance Examination" (IB P.A.U.) to diminish the effect of test delivery changes (through its computerization) in order to affect the least the current model. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Items
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Lopez-Cuadrado, Javier; Perez, Tomas A.; Vadillo, Jose A.; Gutierrez, Julian – Computers & Education, 2010
The main requisite for a functional computerized adaptive testing system is the need of a calibrated item bank. This text presents the tasks carried out during the calibration of an item bank for assessing knowledge of Basque language. It has been done in terms of the 3-parameter logistic model provided by the item response theory. Besides, this…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Item Response Theory, Adult Education, Test Items
Los Arcos, J. M.; Vano, E. – Educational Technology, 1978
Describes a computer-managed instructional system used to formulate, print, and evaluate true-false questions for testing purposes. The design of the system and its application in medical and nuclear engineering courses in two Spanish institutions of higher learning are detailed. (RAO)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Managed Instruction, Diagrams, Higher Education