ERIC Number: EJ791911
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-May
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-1013
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Higher Retention after a New Take-Home Computerised Test
Park, Jooyong; Choi, Byung-Chul
British Journal of Educational Technology, v39 n3 p538-547 May 2008
A new computerised testing system was used at home to promote learning and also to save classroom instruction time. The testing system combined the features of short-answer and multiple-choice formats. The questions of the multiple-choice problems were presented without the options so that students had to generate answers for themselves; they could click for the options when they were ready, and could choose one of the options within a brief, specified time period. One hundred thirty-eight Korean sixth-grade students (12-year olds) were divided into two groups: the experimental group took the intervening test on social studies using the new computerised testing method, and the control group used a computerised version of the traditional multiple-choice method. A few days after the intervening computerised test, a recall posttest was given in paper-and-pencil format. The mean posttest score was greater for the experimental group than for the control group. Implications of the result are discussed.
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Computer Assisted Testing, Instructional Effectiveness, Home Study, Pretests Posttests, Student Evaluation, Educational Technology, Retention (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Social Studies, Multiple Choice Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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