E-grāmata: Computer-assisted Assessment of Students [Taylor & Francis e-book]

Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgements xii Introduction 1(6) Section One: Pragmatics and Practicalities of CAA Pragmatic issues when integrating technology into the assessment of students 7(14) Jen Harvey Nora Mogey Technical and security issues 21(8) Dave Whittington Effective question design 29(10) Norma Pritchett Automated online tutorials: new formats for assessment on the WWW 39(8) Alan J Cann Ellen L Pawley Computer anxiety in students: should computer-based assessment be used at all? 47(8) Mark Brosnan Validating formative and summative assessment 55(8) Malcolm Perkin Open-access randomly generated tests: assessment to drive learning 63(8) M Thelwall Automatic test generation from a database 71(14) J H Sims Williams J Maher D Spencer M D J Barry E Board Section Two: Using CAA for Formative Assessment Issues and impacts of using computer-based assessments (CBAs) for formative assessment 85(10) Dan Charman Computer-assisted peer review 95(8) Jennifer M Robinson Increasing learner responsibility and support with the aid of adaptive formative assessment using QM designer software 103(10) Christine Steven Ian Hesketh Computer managed learning as an aid to formative assessment in higher education 113(8) Leith Sly Leonie Rennie Section Three: Learning from Experience Optical mark reading (OMR) as CAA: experiences at Loughborough University 121(10) Myles Danson The computer-assisted assessment of practical IT skills 131(8) R D Dowsing Assessment in a cognitive apprenticeship-based learning environment: potential and pitfalls 139(10) A Patel D Russell Kinshuk Online assessment: creating communities and opportunities 149(14) Meg OReilly Chris Morgan Delivering automated innovative assessment in a varied curriculum 163(8) Roy Seden A structured approach to mass implementation of computer-based assessment (CBA) 171(8) Stan Zakrzewski Student perceptions of the learning benefits of computer-assisted assessment: a case study in electronic engineering 179(14) Kay Sambell Alistair Sambell Graham Sexton Conclusion: a glimpse of the future 193(6) Index 199