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Using computer-based technology to improve feedback to staff and students on MCQ assessments
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Malau-Aduli, BS and Assenheimer, D and Choi-Lundberg, D and Zimitat, C, Using computer-based technology to improve feedback to staff and students on MCQ assessments, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 51, (5) pp. 510-522. ISSN 1470-3300 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 Taylor & Francis
DOI: doi:10.1080/14703297.2013.796711
Abstract
The massification of Higher Education (HE) has led to an unprecedented increase in the number of students in the classrooms, resulting in increased workload for teaching staff, sometimes leading to a great reliance on Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) exams with limited feedback provided to students. The central role of feedback in student learning is well recognised, however, it is often one of the poorest scoring items in Student Evaluation of Teaching and Learning (SETL) surveys. Teaching staff also need feedback on the quality of the examinations they set. In response to these key teaching and learning issues, this study developed a computer-aided system for providing meaningful and customised feedback on performance to students and the quality of MCQ assessment items to teaching staff. Furthermore, student and staff perceptions of the effectiveness and value of the feedback to learning were evaluated. Student experiences indicated that the feedback was timely, well presented, easy to understand and would aid revision for further study. In addition, the efficient provision of automatically generated item performance information to teaching staff allowed convenient quality assurance (QA) monitoring, informed staff of the progress of students’ learning, and enabled modification of teaching to better support student learning.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | feedback, quality of MCQ assessments, first year medical students, teaching staff |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Specialist studies in education |
| Research Field: | Educational technology and computing |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
| Objective Field: | Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum |
| UTAS Author: | Malau-Aduli, BS (Dr Bunmi Malau-Aduli) |
| UTAS Author: | Assenheimer, D (Dr Dwight Assenheimer) |
| UTAS Author: | Choi-Lundberg, D (Dr Derek Choi-Lundberg) |
| UTAS Author: | Zimitat, C (Professor Craig Zimitat) |
| ID Code: | 80886 |
| Year Published: | 2014 (online first 2013) |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 5 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2012-11-15 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-06-17 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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