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Title:
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A SOLID FOUNDATION: WHY E-ASSESSMENT SHOULD BE BASED ON A SYSTEMATIC TYPOLOGY OF TEST ITEMS |
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Author(s):
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Cerstin Mahlow, Michael Piotrowski , Wolfram Fenske |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-17-5 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson |
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Year:
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2010 |
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Edition:
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Vol. II |
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Keywords:
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Assessment, Typology of Test Items, Electronic Testing |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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47 |
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Last Page:
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51 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The Bologna Process requires, besides other changes, more frequent assessment of students, both during and after mod-ules. As e-learning and e-teaching scenarios already play important roles in many curricula, instructors are now starting to consider e-assessment as well. To enable automated evaluation, selected-response items are typically used in e-assessment. However, current e-assessment platforms offer only a limited and rather arbitrary selection of item types. This means that the decision on which item types to use in a test is often based on purely technical issues instead of peda-gogical considerations. In this paper, we argue that both implementers and users of e-assessment platforms should ab-stract from current implementations and base the selection of item types for e-assessment on a sound typology of test items. This would allow instructors to choose the item types best suited for a test and it would allow implementers to generalize the test facilities of their systems, reducing maintenance and development costs. As an example, we outline Rütters 1973 typology and discuss selected issues from the point of users and implementers of e-assessment. |
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