Practical Randomly Selected Question Exam Design to Address Replicated and Sequential Questions in Online Examinations

Autor/in	Elkhatat, Ahmed M.
Titel	Practical Randomly Selected Question Exam Design to Address Replicated and Sequential Questions in Online Examinations
Quelle	In: International Journal for Educational Integrity, 18 (2022), Artikel 8 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Elkhatat, Ahmed M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1833-2595
DOI	10.1007/s40979-022-00103-2
Schlagwörter	Integrity; Monte Carlo Methods; Credibility; Reliability; Test Items; Test Construction; Testing; Item Analysis; Computer Assisted Testing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Integrität; Monte-Carlo-Methode; Glaubwürdigkeit; Reliabilität; Test content; Testaufgabe; Testaufbau; Testdurchführung; Testen; Itemanalyse
Abstract	Examinations form part of the assessment processes that constitute the basis for benchmarking individual educational progress, and must consequently fulfill credibility, reliability, and transparency standards in order to promote learning outcomes and ensure academic integrity. A randomly selected question examination (RSQE) is considered to be an effective solution to mitigate sharing of questions between students by addressing replicated inter-examination questions that compromise examination integrity and sequential intra- examination questions that compromise examination comprehensivity. In this study, a Monte Carlo approach was used to design six examination schemes for the purpose of generating and evaluating 600 RSQEs in order to investigate the effects of RSQE design on replicated inter-examination and sequential and intra-examination questions. Results revealed that the number of randomly selected questions from the pool and the number of sub-pools inversely affected the replication and sequencing of the examination questions. Thus, by designing the RSQE in many sub-pools, in equivalence to the number of examination questions and selecting only one question from each sub-pool, and updating the sub-pools after each examination, the passing of information can be prevented, ensuring the integrity of the examinations. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01