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1、InternationalJournalofArtificialIntelligenceinEducation14(2004)1-33IOSPressSIETTE:AWeb–BasedToolforAdaptiveTestingRicardoConejo,EduardoGuzmán,EvaMillán,MónicaTrella,JoséLuisPérez-De-La-Cruz&AntoniaRíos,DepartamentodeLenguajesyCienciasdelaComputación,FacultaddeInformática,CampusdeTeatinos,29
2、071.Málaga,Spain.conejo,guzman,eva,trella,perez@lcc.uma.esAbstract.Studentassessmentisaveryimportantissueineducationalsettings.Thegoalofthisworkistodevelopaweb-basedtooltoassistteachersandinstructorsintheassessmentprocess.OursystemiscalledSIETTE,anditstheoreticalbasesareComputerAdaptiveTest
3、ingandItemResponseTheory.WithSIETTE,teachersworldwidecandefinetheirtests,andtheirstudentscantakethesetestson-line.Thetestsaregeneratedaccordingtoteachers’specificationsandareadaptive,thatis,thequestionsareselectedintelligentlytofitthestudent’slevelofknowledge.Inthisway,weobtainmoreaccuratee
4、stimationsofstudent’sknowledgewithsignificantlyshortertests.Byusingthecomputer,largerquestiondatabasescanbestored,selectionalgorithmscanbeperformedefficiently,andquestionscanincludemultimediacontent.TheuseofJavaappletsallowstheinclusionofexecutablecontentinquestionstemand/oranswers,sothestu
5、dentcaninteractwiththesystembymeansofthisapplet.Inthisway,newpossibilitiesareaddedtoComputerAdaptiveTests,suchasusingtraditionalmultiple-choicequestionstogetherwithquestionswhoseanswerisevaluatedbytheappletitself.INTRODUCTIONAssessmenthasalwaysbeenaveryimportantstepinthelearningprocess.Itsd
6、ifferentformsaremotivatedbyitsdifferentpurposes:exams,soteacherscanknowifastudenthasreachedtheappropriatelevelofknowledge;self-assessment,forstudentstocheckhowmuchtheyarelearning;questions,sothatteacherscanprovidethepropertypeoffeedbackwhileteaching,etc.Withtheadventofcomputers,newpossibili
7、tieswereopenedupinthefieldofassessment,e.g.,ComputerAdaptiveTests(CATs).ACATisatestadministeredbyacomputer,wheretheselectionofthenextquestiontoaskandthedecisiontostopthetestareperformeddynamicallybasedonastudentprofilewhichiscreatedandupdatedduringtheint