Online Evaluation in WWW-based Courseware: The QUIZIT System

(ABSTRACT) The QUIZIT system has been developed to support adaptive and standard testing, along with automatic grading, record keeping, and test administration using the WWW as a delivery vehicle. We have applied QUIZIT in connection with our NSF-supported Education Infrastructure project on Interactive Learning with a Digital Library in Computer Science to help with evaluation in a master's level course as well as a large freshmen level service course. Preliminary testing in these courses has shown us that QUIZIT is a promising supplement to other forms of evaluation in self-paced education. We also conjecture QUIZIT might be a valuable tool in distance learning environment iii I wish to dedicate this work to Lia: for her love, trust and belief; and to Tony and Ruth, for the incredible support throughout these sometimes painful (and cold!), but extremely rewarding years of my life. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENT First of all, I am very thankful for the support of my two advisors and " gurus " , Profs. deal of help in maintaining and developing the system during the experiments.