ERIC Number: ED600972
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jun
Pages: 10
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A Tool to Assess Fine-Grained Knowledge from Correct and Incorrect Answers in Online Multiple-Choice Tests: An Application to Student Modeling
Albacete, Patricia; Silliman, Scott; Jordan, Pamela
Grantee Submission, Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Media & Technology (25th, Washington, DC, Jun 2017)
Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS), like human tutors, try to adapt to student's knowledge level so that the instruction is tailored to their needs. One aspect of this adaptation relies on the ability to have an understanding of the student's initial knowledge so as to build on it, avoiding teaching what the student already knows and focusing on the knowledge the student lacks or understands poorly. One way of acquiring this initial student knowledge state is by having the student take a multiple-choice test. However, the overall results commonly provided by multiple-choice tests may not be at the level of granularity needed by the ITS. This paper presents a tool that allows the extraction of fine-grained knowledge from correct and incorrect answers given in multiple-choice tests. Although the tool was developed to be used by ITSs, we argue that it could become a useful instrument for teachers in classroom evaluations.
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A150155
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