Ict and Assessment Learning
Ict and Assessment Learning
Ict and Assessment Learning
A.
Computer based concept mapping with automated scoring can be used for summative
assessment of critical and creative thinking about complex relationships.
The use of ICT can help teachers by storing and recording information about how
students are developing understanding of new material; and by taking over some of the role of
assessing and providing feedback to students so that teachers can focus on other aspects of
supporting learning.
Feedback from the computer during the use of test material improves student
performance in later use of the same test material.
Several studies showed that interacting with a computer provides feedback that supports
better performance even if this only reflects back to the students the moves and links they
made in a visual representation of relationships.
Use of computers to assess teamwork did not provide evidence that aspects of
collaboration result in increased problem solving (as measured by computer-based
knowledge mapping).
Using technology probed students' understanding to a greater degree than conventional
tests.
Automated collection and scoring of the processes used in problem solving provided
additional information relevant to problem-solving performance.
Using a computer program both to test and give feedback to students can increase the
level of performance as compared with students taking the same tests on paper.
Use of a computer program involving diagrammatic representation provided useful
information about students' causal reasoning thinking through analysis of their diagrams,
but not from the log files of their computer moves.
Computers were shown to provide information about processes in reaching a solution that
gives additional feedback to students and teachers.
Students' experience with computers and attitude towards them can influence computer-
based test performance.
A conventional multiple-choice test gave a false impression of understanding compared
with the analysis of multimedia presentations on the same topic.
Subject matter used in computer assessment of problem solving affected the outcome for
girls more than boys.
The performance of middle-school students was not improved by training in the use of
computer graphics aimed at helping them make meaning of new material.
There was conflicting evidence from two studies relating to the impact on performance of
using the web to search for information.
B.