Bayview Beach Resort, Batu Ferringhi Beach, Penang, Malaysia

27-30 September 1999

UNIMAS Assertive Inventory Behaviour: A Model in Implementing a Toll for On-Line Educational Testing in Multiple Choice Question Test

Mr Mohd. Razali Othman

Mr Satria Arjuna Julaihi

Faculty of Cognitive Science and Human Development, University Malaysia, Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia,

Abstract

Throughout the process of educating people, teachers will have to make evaluation on their students. To acchieve accuracy, the information fed in the evaluation process must be accurate and highly reliable. Therefore among the most popular method of obtaining information for educational evaluation is by doing test on students. Tests consist of a set of questions being prepared by teachers based on their knowledge on certain subjects. In return, students will react to the questions by providing answers. At the end of the testing process, the students, answers will be marked and this will produce test results. The teachers will then use these results for evaluating their students academically. With the advancements in information technology that we are experiencing now, educational testing can be made on-line. The on-line educational testing will still carry the same nature of the paper-based educational testing but with more advantage. The answers of the students are marked as they answer the questions and the result is then stored in a database. A major advantage of this type of testing is the existence of the database. The database will store the students, results for further and more detail analysis by the teachers. The main objective of this project is to develop a model which later can be fabricate for implementing on-line educational testing system for multiple choice questions test. The system will involve an on-line multiple choice questions test that will store results in MS-Access database. The results from the database can be further interfaced with SPSS or other statistical software for a more specific and detail analysis.

Presentation Format: 45 min paper.