Engaging students to work with self-assessment questions

Abstract

We explored two approaches for encouraging introductory programming students to use the web-based, self-assessment system, QuizPACK. An "organizational" approach applied specially constructed classroom quizzes, while the "technical" approach introduced adaptive guidance. Our studies demonstrated that each of these caused a dramatic increase in system use. This approach could be useful in many other contexts, when an educationally beneficial system is underused by students.

Adaptive Hypermedia for Education and Training

“…Most remarkable, however, was an increase in the students' interest in working with the system. The number of attempts, the percentage of students using the system actively, and the percentage of attempted topics increased significantly (Brusilovsky & Sosnovsky, 2005a). The remarkable effects of QuizGuide on student performance and motivation were discovered first in 1994 and confirmed in several other studies (Brusilovsky, Sosnovsky & Yudelson, 2009).…”

“…In comparison with QuizPACK (Brusilovsky & Sosnovsky, 2005b), an earlier version of the system which provided access to the same quizzes with no navigation support, the average knowledge gain (a difference between post-test and pre-test results on a 10-point test) for the students using QuizGuide increased from 5.1 to 6.5. By guiding students to the right topics at the right time, the system caused a significant increase in the percentage of correctly answered questions from 35.6% to 44.3% (Brusilovsky & Sosnovsky, 2005a). Most remarkable, however, was an increase in the students' interest in working with the system.…”

Caracterizando a pesquisa sobre autoavaliação na aprendizagem de programação para iniciantes

“…Já Alaoutinen (2010), Alaoutinen et al (2010) e Honig (2013 utilizaram questionários para que os aprendizes classificassem suas habilidades em programação utilizando a taxonomia de Bloom. Por outro lado, o sistema QuizPACK é usado por Brusilovsky et al (2005) para envolver os estudantes na autoavaliação do conhecimento de programação. …”

“…Nesse contexto, a autoavaliação foi utilizada para verificar como os aprendizes avaliam o próprio conhecimento e tais resultados foram comparados com a avaliação docente. Já Brusilovsky et al (2005) buscavam envolver os aprendizes no uso do sistema QuizPACK para sua autoavaliação do conhecimento.…”

Design Guidelines for Self-Assessment Support for Adult Academic Distance Learning

“…-Using computer based-quizzes as formative self-assessment method benefits learners (Wellman, 1985;Brusilovsky & Sosnovsky, 2005;Hunter, 2007). Quizzes can be proposed at the end of a chapter or set of chapters.…”