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An Innovative Excel Application to Improve Exam Reliability in Marketing Courses
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Keller, Christopher M.; Kros, John F. – Marketing Education Review, 2011
Measures of survey reliability are commonly addressed in marketing courses. One statistic of reliability is "Cronbach's alpha." This paper presents an application of survey reliability as a reflexive application of multiple-choice exam validation. The application provides an interactive decision support system that incorporates survey item…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Marketing, Test Reliability, Multiple Choice Tests
The Development of a Computerized Version of Vandenburg's Mental Rotation Test and the Effect of Visuo-spatial Working Memory Loading.
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Strong, Shawn; Smith, Roger – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2002
Describes the development of a test designed to allow meaningful and widespread computerized testing of various spatial factors. Examines the differences between traditional paper and pencil and computerized versions of the same test. Compares an interactive test designed to measure a working memory factor to the computerized version of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Spatial Ability
The Effectiveness of Using the Successive Perception Test I to Measure Visual-Haptic Tendencies in Engineering Students.
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Study, Nancy E. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2002
Compares results of Successive Perception Test I (SPT) for the study population of freshman engineering students to their results on the group-administered Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Visualization of Rotations (PSVT) and the individually administered Haptic Visual Discrimination Test (HVDT). Concludes that either visual and haptic…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Spatial Ability
How Do Traditional Examination Questions Fare in the Presence of a Computer Algebra System (CAS)?
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Malabar, Ian; Pountney, Dave – International Journal of Computer Algebra in Mathematics Education, 2001
Describes the outcomes and discusses possible implications for the development of assessment with a Computer Algebra System (CAS) when a group of undergraduate mathematics students, familiar with using a CAS in examinations, tackled an assortment of traditional (i.e., non-CAS type) questions. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Uses in Education, High Stakes Tests, Higher Education
Computer Algebra Systems and the Challenge of Assessment.
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Brown, Roger – International Journal of Computer Algebra in Mathematics Education, 2001
Reviews what is happening in examination systems that have begun to allow the use of Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) in externally set 'high stakes' assessment regimes. Discusses possible options for the future with the intention of developing a dialogue on how assessment with a CAS can help develop the mathematical literacy of students. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation, High Stakes Tests
Studying for the Big Test: Software That Helps Students Prepare for the College Entrance Exams.
Ritter, Caroline; Salpeter, Judy – Classroom Computer Learning, 1988
Discusses the pros and cons of using computer software to prepare for college entrance examinations. Provides information on eight programs designed for that purpose. (TW)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Software Reviews
Computerized Adaptive Testing: A Four-year-old Pilot Shows that CAT Can Work.
Kingsbury, G. Gage; And Others – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Explores what some deem the best way to objectively determine what a student knows. Adaptive Testing has been around since the early 1900's, but only with the advent of computers has it been effectively applied to day to day educational management. Cites a pilot study in Portland, Oregon, public schools. (MVL)
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Uses in Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Individual Needs