Computer-assisted assessment in higher education / edited by Sally Brown, Phil Race and Joanna Bull.
Contributor(s): Brown, Sally
| Race, Philip | Bull, Joanna.
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BookSeries: Staff and educational development series.Publisher: London : Kogan Page, 1999 2002Description: xi, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0749430354.Subject(s): Universities and colleges -- Examinations -- Data processing | Educational tests and measurements -- Data processing | College students -- Rating of -- Data processing | Computer-assisted instructionDDC classification: 371.39445 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 371.39445 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00179588 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This text draws on a range of expertise to share good practice and explore new ways of using appropriate technologies in assessment. It provides a strategic overview along with pragmatic proposals for the use of computers in assessment.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section one: Pragmatics and practicalities of CAA -- Section two: Using CAA for formative assessment -- Section three: Learning from experience.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Notes on Contributors (p. ix)
- Acknowledgements (p. xii)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Section 1 Pragmatics and Practicalities of CAA
- 1. Pragmatic issues when integrating technology into the assessment of students (p. 7)
- 2. Technical and security issues (p. 21)
- 3. Effective question design (p. 29)
- 4. Automated online tutorials: new formats for assessment on the WWW (p. 39)
- 5. Computer anxiety in students: should computer-based assessment be used at all? (p. 47)
- 6. Validating formative and summative assessment (p. 55)
- 7. Open-access randomly generated tests: assessment to drive learning (p. 63)
- 8. Automatic test generation from a database (p. 71)
- Section 2 Using CAA for Formative Assessment
- 9. Issues and impacts of using computer-based assessments (CBAs) for formative assessment (p. 85)
- 10. Computer-assisted peer review (p. 95)
- 11. Increasing learner responsibility and support with the aid of adaptive formative assessment using QM designer software (p. 103)
- 12. Computer managed learning as an aid to formative assessment in higher education (p. 113)
- Section 3 Learning from Experience
- 13. Optical mark reading (OMR) as CAA: experiences at Loughborough University (p. 121)
- 14. The computer-assisted assessment of practical IT skills (p. 131)
- 15. Assessment in a cognitive apprenticeship-based learning environment: potential and pitfalls (p. 139)
- 16. Online assessment: creating communities and opportunities (p. 149)
- 17. Delivering automated innovative assessment in a varied curriculum (p. 163)
- 18. A structured approach to mass implementation of computer-based assessment (CBA) (p. 171)
- 19. Student perceptions of the learning benefits of computer-assisted assessment: a case study in electronic engineering (p. 179)
- Conclusion: a glimpse of the future (p. 193)
- Index (p. 199)