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Computer-Assisted Assessment (CAA) Bob Rotheram Reader in ALT Office of PVC (ALT)

Session outline Review CAA demo CAA in your discipline? Question-setting (presentation) Question-setting and shredding (exercise) Uploading questions Where next?

Did you do your homework? Tried this CAA demo? ll?SESSION= &NAME =x&GROUP=x ll?SESSION= &NAME =x&GROUP=x Comments? wording of questions? feedback? anything else?

Some uses for demo Summative assessment Diagnostic tests Formative tests Informal quizzes Revision aid Convey what social policy is Individual questions v. flexible, ‘granular’, ‘learning objects’: insert into lectures gather further info via web links preparation for classes …

Computer-assisted assessment Much ‘up-front’ effort needed Best where: large numbers of students on introductory courses questions have long ‘shelf-life’ teams can produce shared question banks

CAA in your discipline Use? Potential/advantages? Limitations/disadvantages?

Writing questions Pritchett N, (1999), “Effective question design” – in Brown S, Race P and Bull J, Computer-Assisted Assessment in Higher Education, London, Kogan Page Bull J and McKenna C, 2001, Blueprint for Computer-Assisted Assessment: esp. Chapter 3 and Appendix I

Bloom’s Taxonomy (1956) knowledge comprehension application analysis synthesis evaluation

Some question types multiple-choice multiple response text match response/fill in the blank true/false, yes/no Likert scale numeric essay

Knowledge-testing questions What word means the same as…? What is the most important difference between…? Which one of the following sequences shows the correct order of…? What are the major classifications of…? Which method is the most useful for…? What evidence best supports the theory of…?

Comprehension-testing questions (if not taught or discussed) Which one of the following is closest in meaning to the term…? The statement ‘…’ means that… (Various facts are presented.) Which of the reasons listed below best explains this?

Feedback: minimum statement on whether chosen option correct or not; (if incorrect) statement giving correct answer and why correct; clear up possible misunderstanding about wrong choice; source of info on correct answer; language clear and not discouraging.

Follow up later Read ‘Blueprint’, Ch.3 + Appendix I See more examples of CAA, e.g.: Questionmark Perception: _college_university.htm Hot Potatoes, inc. tutorials:

Now Write two questions + feedback ‘Shred’ questions

Upload questions To WebCT development server at: c/home.pl c/home.pl What next?

Contact me Bob Rotheram: Office: Room 205, Old School Board Mobile: Office phone: ext