Self-adapted Testing
A Special Issue of applied Measurement in Education
Published on 1. April 1994
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-0-8058-9965-8 (ISBN)
Description
This special issue is devoted to self-adapted testing, an innovative application of item response theory (IRT) to computer-based testing. It is similar to computerized-adaptive testing (CAT) with one key difference -- rather than the computer choosing the difficulty levels of the items administered, the examinee is allowed to choose the difficulty level of each item. This seemingly innocuous difference in testing procedure has been found to have interesting effects on examinees. Specifically, allowing examinees to choose the difficulty levels of their test items can reduce the influence of text anxiety on test performance and yield significantly higher mean test performance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mahwah
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-8058-9965-8 (9780805899658)
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Content
Volume 7, Number 1, 1994. Contents: S.L. Wise, Guest Editor's Note. T.R. Rocklin, Self-Adapted Testing. S.L. Wise, Understanding Self-Adapted Testing: The Perceived Control Hypothesis. W.P. Vispoel, D.D. Coffman, Computerized-Adaptive and Self-Adapted Music-Listening Tests: Psychometric Features and Motivational Benefits. W.P. Vispoel, T.R. Rocklin, T. Wang, Individual Differences and Test Administration Procedures: A Comparison of Fixed-Item, Computerized-Adaptive, and Self-Adapted Testing. S.L. Wise, L.L. Roos, B.S. Plake, L.J. Nebelsick-Gullett, The Relationship Between Examinee Anxiety and Preference for Self-Adapted Testing.