An Investigation of the Validity of Course-Based Online Assessment Methods: The Role of Computer-Related Attitudes and Assessment Mode Preferences

Autor/inn/en	Hewson, Claire; Charlton, John P.
Titel	An Investigation of the Validity of Course-Based Online Assessment Methods: The Role of Computer-Related Attitudes and Assessment Mode Preferences
Quelle	In: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 35 (2019) 1, S.51-60 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hewson, Claire)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-4909
DOI	10.1111/jcal.12310
Schlagwörter	Computer Assisted Testing; Test Reliability; Test Validity; College Students; Computer Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Preferences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The use of e-assessment methods raises important concerns regarding the reliability and validity of these methods. Potential threats to validity include mode effects and the possible influence of computer-related attitudes. Although numerous studies have now investigated the validity of online assessments in noncourse-based contexts, few studies have addressed this issue in an educational context. The present study helps fill this research gap by investigating whether university students' computer-related attitudes and assessment mode preferences were related to performance on a course-based online assessment task. Overall, students' attitudes and preferences bore no greater relationships to performance on the online than offline module assessment tasks. This provides support for the validity of course-based online assessment methods and should help alleviate educators' concerns and encourage more widespread adoption of these methods, helping address the issue of their slow uptake to date. Suggestions for follow-up studies to corroborate and extend the current findings are offered. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01