This article focuses on the use of computers in Language Testing. The first part of the article gives a general introduction to three different kinds of tests administered with a computer: (1) computer-based tests (CBTs), (2) computer-adaptive tests (CATs), and finally (3) web-based tests (WBTs). On the other hand, the second part of the article focuses on self-assessment and web-based tests, p...

This retrospective study examined whether practice in computer-based tests (CBTs) in student registered nurse anesthetists improved scores on the National Certification Examination (NCE). A group of students with extensive practice in CBTs was compared with a group of students whose tests were administered primarily on paper. Groups were matched on age, grade point average (GPA), and gender (n ...

This study investigates differences in the partial scoring performance of examinees in elimination testing and conventional dichotomous scoring of multiple-choice tests implemented on a computer-based system. Elimination testing that uses the same set of multiple-choice items rewards examinees with partial knowledge over those who are simply guessing. This study provides a computer-based test a...

Driven by the technological revolution, computer-based testing (CBT) has witnessed an explosive rise the last decades, in both psychological and educational assessment. Many paper-and-pencil tests now have a computer-based equivalent. Innovations in CBT are almost innumerable, and innovative and new CBTs continue to emerge on a very regular basis. Innovations in CBT may best be described along ...

This article defines the origin of an internet-centered language assessment (ICLA), how ICLAs are different from the other traditional computer-oriented tests, and what uses and functions ICLAs have in different taxonomies of language testing. After a very short review of computer- oriented testing, ICLAs are defined and categorized in low-tech or high tech categories. Since low-tech tests are ...

Development of multimedia applications and Computer Based Training (CBT) systems is getting increasingly important. A systematic method and tools are necessary to increase productivity and quality. This paper shows a method to develop CBTs. The method bases on object oriented modelling and improves productivity and quality by generating most parts of CBTs. The method supports both computer-aide...

An emphasis on self-regulated learning in the military community (U.S. Army Training & Doctrine Command, 2011) has highlighted a need for point-of-need training in environments where human tutors are either unavailable or impractical. Computer-Based Tutoring Systems (CBTS) have been shown to be as effective as expert human tutors (VanLehn, 2011) in one-to-one tutoring in well-defined domains (e...

1 Tamer Çatalkaya, Department of Integrated Circuit Design, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, [email protected] Abstract  As an initiative to produce low-cost / low-time Computer Base Training (CBT) material for the education of Chip Design, we introduce our multimedia reference model and our multimedia lab. The reference model enables the cost efficient production, where t...

Abstract The use of computer-based tests (CBTs), for both formative and summative purposes, has greatly increased over the past years. One major advantage CBTs is easy integration multimedia. It unclear, though, how to design such CBT environments with purpose current study was examine whether guidelines designing multimedia instruction based on Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) Multimedia Learning (...