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Self Test is a new type of self assessment instrument that moves away from the traditional single answer or multiple choice format of many tests. It allows students working in isolation to mark and assess a written solution or answer to a problem as if they were an expert. For more information contact Janet Taylor taylorja@usq.edu.au
| Team |
| Aims of program |
| Demonstration of Self Test |
| Publications |
Project Leader |
Janet Taylor, Office of Preparatory and Academic Support (OPACS) |
| Designers of Self Test | Janet Taylor OPACS
David Grant, Distance Education Centre |
| Other Team Members | Michael Morgan,
Faculty of Engineering and Surveying David Ross, Distance Education Centre Glen Postle, Distance Education Centre |
Self Test is designed so that when presented with a problem students
| were encouraged to write out their solution in detail, including diagrams and graphs if necessary · |
| would have a mechanisms of comparing their solution with a model solution · |
| would have a way of deciding if their solution matched the model solution · |
| would have a number of alternative model solutions available to them if appropriate · |
| would be credited, if necessary, when they got only part of a solution correct · |
| would have a summary at the end of each self assessment session detailing which topics they still had to master. |
Self Test was designed so that test creators ·
| would require only the most basic computer skills · |
| could customize a test to suit any subject area using simple word processing, graph and picture drawing software. |
Self Test was originally designed in Multimedia Toolbook but has been being revised for WEB delivery.
Self Test was originally developed for Engineering Mathematics but has been developed for economics, and statistics courses.
Taylor, J A (1998) Self Test: a flexible self assessment package for distance and other learners. Computers and Education 31, 319-328.
Taylor, J A and Morgan, M J (1996) Access to Engineering Studies: overcoming the mathematical barrier for external students. In 'Engineering Mathematics: Research, education and Industry Linkage' (Eds Yuen, Broadbridge and Steiner), Proceedings of the 2nd Biennial Australian Engineering Mathematics Conference, Sydney, July 1996.
Taylor, J A and Morgan M J (1996) Engineering studies by distance education -the hidden barrier: an Australian perspective. Queensland Researcher 1996 12(2), 25-32.