10 Pitfalls of Digital Testing

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10 Pitfalls of Digital Testing

• Digital Testing with Maple T.A.
• Metha Kamminga

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Formative testing

• Assisting the educating process
• Guiding through the curriculum
• Route to competency test
• In any sector of education

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Pitfall 1

• The entry test
• Discouraging
• Entry track
• Concluded by an end test
• Analyzing on student level

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Pitfall 2

• Extensive practising tests
• Short test in the form of a ladder(15-20
  minutes)
• Bar the student if it is insufficient
• Randomization and feedback possibilities
• Numbering the short tests

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Pitfall 3

• Offering unlimited number of attempts
• The magical number 4
• The turning point of frustration
• Students will handle the system better with only
  4 attempts

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Pitfall 4

• A six is a pass
• Minimum score of 80
• No more skipping difficult questions
• Less guesswork
• A rock-solid morale booster!

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Pitfall 5

• Omitting to analyze the test results
• Analyzing at item level
• Relatively too difficult?
• Fit into the stream line?
• Language used too unfamiliar?
• Language test

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Pitfall 6

• Non-obligatory participation
• Firm hand
• Practice track obligatory
• Differentiation as regard level and steepness of
  learning curve
• Three tracks would be sufficient

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Differentiating as regard steepness of learning
curve
Entry ticket for the final test
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Pitfall 7

• Bonus points
• Not give out any bonus point at all
• Risk of fraudulent behaviour
• Entry ticket for the end test
• Number of passing the end test is 90

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Pitfall 8

• Setting time limits for tests
• Time limits ideal for digital end tests
• No time limits for practicing tests
• Prevend frustration
• Possibility to stop halfway down the test

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Pitfall 9

• Communication
• Digital learning environment
• Checking exercise books
• Monitoring progress
• Communication at regular intervals
• No emails!!!

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Pitfall 10

• Omitting to supervise handling of the testing
  system (teachers and students)
• At the start of the course, extra effort in
  supervising
• Not only students but also teachers and
  assistents and graders supervising
• Training for itembuilders

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Why students fail the end test?

• Possible diagnoses
• No good look at the feed back
• No critical eye on mistakes made
• Not reading the question properly
• Drafting the exercises
• The wrong track
• Too much help while making the exercises
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The End

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