Information System on Categorized Teacher Materials and Online Examination with Item Analysis

Abstract

The World Wide Web has become a good source for learning materials. It has proven itself to be a good medium for instruction as quality computer-based instruction has swamped in. it will not be a surprise for the World Wide Web to be used as an efficient and effective medium for assessing students through test performances. EOL (Examination OnLine) is an information system that organizes examination questions categorized by subject, by chapter and by level of difficulty. Examinations can be constructed by a teacher by specifying the coverage (the chapters included), the difficulty distribution (the percentage of easy questions, percentage of average questions, and percentages of difficult questions) and the number of items in each question type (multiple choice questions, filling the blanks questions, matching type, true or false, modified true or false, essay and problem solving). The teacher can edit the examination generated by the system by adding more questions or by deleting questions the teacher does not like. After the generation of an exam, it can be randomized differently for each student in the class list so that item number 1 in one student may be item number 5 or item number 10 to another student. The item arrangement is differently randomized for each student. The examination can be taken by the student online. For security, the student’s access to an exam may be turned on or off by the teacher. The exam data bank is made online so that teachers may update the questions anytime and anywhere. After an examination, the teacher may let the system automatically check students’ answers to multiple-choice, matching type, and/or true or false questions. The teacher may check the filling the blanks, modified true or false, essay and problem-solving questions online. Filling the blanks questions may be automatically checked by the system if the teacher is strict with correct spelling.

When the exam result is ready, the Item statistics of multiple-choice questions can be computed. This is to ensure the validity of the exam. The teacher may be able to view the exam results of all students. The student may view only his/her own exam results. Students’ and teachers’ accounts are created by the administrator.