In this paper a new technique is presented for automatic design of optimal questionnaires. The technique, that is based on the Item Response Theory, performs multiple-choice item selection by a Genetic Algorithm. The experimental results demonstrate the validity of the proposed approach to adjust the characteristics of the questionnaire to the abilities of the student class.

Component 2: Supporting Historical Evidence 1 Point: There are no specific historical textual evidence provided and no evidence of having done any reading and assimilating of secondary or primary sources, depending upon the nature of the written assignment. 2 Points: There are a few historical textual examples given, but more specific evidence and citation is needed to develop paper fully. 3 Po...

While in traditional learning scenarios, formative assessment relies solely on the judgment of teachers, technology enhanced learning provides means for automatically identifying room for effective learning improvement. Given a digital learning environment and the support of learning analytics, it is possible to infer input for formative assessments. Teachers might be assisted by systems to ada...

The triple jump examination (TJE) attempts to assess a higher level of learning with demand for analysis, critical thinking, and resolution of problems presented by written scenarios based on patient care situations. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal consistency, scale reliability, and interrater reliability of the TJE used at the Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of So...

This paper presents a method developed by the author to assess student design projects. The method involves identifying assessment elements, weighting the elements, and grading the work as if had only one author. Data supplied by the students is used to identify the relative work put into each element. This allows individual grades to be calculated in a fair and consistent means. Sufficient bac...

In this paper, two nationwide assessments for elementary and secondary students’ educational achievement in Korea were reviewed for their assessment frameworks and the overall results; the Diagnostic Test for Basic Skills (DTBS) of Grade 3 elementary students and the National Assessment of Educational Achievement (NAEA) for Grade 6, 9 and 10 students. Also, the results for Korea in two large-sc...

This study tested the feasibility of using computer-based tools for the assessment of written materials produced by dental students. Written assignments produced by three consecutive incoming dental school classes (240 students) were assessed, and the performance among and between classes was analyzed. Computerized assessment of documents produced by students in the context of their regular cou...

The social demand not only to educate, but also to classify students according to their qualifications, makes the student assessment one of the most important components of the educational process. Fuzzy logic, due to its nature of characterizing a case with multiple values, offers rich resources for the ssessment purposes.This gave us several times in past the impulse to apply principles of fu...

In the last fifteen years two trends have gained prominence throughout higher education: assessment and accountability. For various historical reasons, and the source of considerable confusion, both are erroneously referred to as "assessment." The first, "assessment for excellence," is an information feedback process to guide individual students, faculty members, programs, and schools in improv...

This symposium brings together a range of gameful assessment designs at different levels of formal education to explore how gameful design might lead to greater student engagement and improved learning outcomes. We use the term “gameful assessment” to describe assessment frameworks or approaches that employ game design principles to foster student motivation and learning. The symposium examines...