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Using Simulated Students to Evaluate an Adaptive Testing System
Sophiana Chua Abdullah and Roger Cooley
In International Conference on Computers in Education, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand, pages 182-196, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand, December 2002. IEEE Computer Society.Abstract
This paper describes a strategy for evaluating adaptive tests by means of simulations of student b ehaviours. After a brief introduction to the topic of adaptive tests and a discussion of the use of simulation of student behaviour in the field of Intelligent Tutoring Systems, the paper shows h ow a "student model", which may be constructed during a testing process, can be used as the kernel of a simulation of student ability. The paper then discusses how such a simulation can be used as part of the necessary "pre-production" evaluation of an adaptive test. Finally, it describes the use of simulations to fine-tune an adaptive test to yield a desired effectiveness.
Bibtex Record
@inproceedings{1724,
author = {Sophiana Chua Abdullah and Roger Cooley},
title = {{Using Simulated Students to Evaluate an Adaptive Testing System}},
month = {December},
year = {2002},
pages = {182-196},
keywords = {determinacy analysis, Craig interpolants},
note = {},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/2002/1724},
publication_type = {inproceedings},
submission_id = {26031_1065018674},
ISBN = {0-7695-1509-6},
booktitle = {International Conference on Computers in Education, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand},
address = {Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
refereed = {yes},
}