Dissertation Information for Sue Hartness Casey NAME: - Sue Hartness Casey
DEGREE:
- Ph.D.
DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science
SCHOOL:
- University of North Texas (USA) (1994)
ADVISORS: - James L. Poirot
COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - [Indecipherable1] - Donald B. Cleveland - Gerald A. Knezek
MPACT Status: Fully Complete
Title: The effects of computer performance assessment on student scores in a computer applications course
Abstract: The goal of this study was to determine if performance-based tests should be routinely administered to students in computer application courses. The purpose was to determine the most appropriate mode of testing for individuals taking a computer applications course. The study is divided into areas of assessment, personality traits, and computer attitudes.
The population for this study consisted of undergraduate students who were enrolled in Computer Applications in Education courses at the University of North Texas. The sample consisted of two sections of the population course and included approximately 36 subjects for each section. Subjects in Section A, designated as the control group, were administered the traditional five objective-based, paper-and-pencil examinations throughout the semester. Subjects in Section B, designated as the experimental group, were administered performance-based examinations via computer throughout the semester.
The data revealed no significant difference between the final test scores of members of the control group and members of the experimental group, thus indicating that the mode of testing has little effect on student ability to learn computer applications. Significant differences were found, however, for both groups between the paper-and-pencil test scores and the computer test scores. The data indicate that both groups had higher scores on the computer-administered tests. The data also revealed that judging and feeling personality types performed better if the mode of testing throughout the semester involved paper-and-pencil testing. All other personality types were unaffected by the mode of testing. Positive significant changes in seven of ten attitudes toward computers were found among students in the computer tested group, whereas positive significant changes were found in only two of the ten attitudes toward computers in the paper-and-pencil tested group. The data indicate that less than 29 percent of the variability in the final examination scores can be explained by pre-existing knowledge about computers and attitude toward computers.
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