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May 15th 2010
We have experimented on the effects of modern character images uttering encouraging words to the test takers at the beginning and in the middle of tests. The results were orally presented at a research meeting of the Japan Society for Educational Technology held on the Asahikawa Campus of the Hokkaido University of Education.
May 15th 2010
An experiment was conducted to compare CBT and paper testing for regular expressions among university students and the result was orally presented at a research meeting of the Japan Society for Educational Technology held at the Asahikawa Campus of the Hokkaido University of Education.
October 10-12, 2009
A presentation on the development of the scale to measure teamwork capabilities was given at JSSP2009/JGDA2009(SP50).
October 10-12, 2009
Report on the JSSP 2009/JGDA 2009 (SP50) Presentation:
"Assessment of Shyness using IAT (2)"
This is a report on the poster presentation given to the JSSP 2009/JGDA 2009 (SP50) on shyness assessment, using the Implicit Association Test (IAT). A fruitful discussion with many exchanges of opinions followed the presentation.
October 27th, 2009
In late October 2009, we presented our research on the use of animation to display math problems in the computer-based testing interface, at the international conference, E-Learn (World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009) held in Vancouver, Canada.
October 24th, 2009
The outcome of the research introduced at the research activity report this summer was presented at Japan Society for Educational Technology held at Shinshu University on October 24, 2009.
The following is the gist of the report, the Q&A, and observations.
October 24th, 2009
Students generally use annotations while taking tests, such as underlining and marking key words, or scribbling in the margin of test sheets. It is possible with paper-based tests, but usually not with CBTs. If annotation gives positive effects on the test performance, CBTs need to be equipped with a comparable interface in order to avoid differences between CBTs and PBTs, caused by the ability or inability to annotate. If, however, there is no difference in performance, with or without annotation, there is no need to make an enhancement to CBTs with an interface for annotation.
This research was conducted in a simple test to study the effect of annotation by comparing the results between two groups: one allowed to use annotation and the other not allowed to use it. The relationship between the examinees Eannotation activities in daily life and the control of annotation activities was also investigated.
September 2nd, 2009
Dr. Kanji Akahori, a member of the CRET board of directors, has given the presentation at the 5th National Convention on the Japan Association for Developmental Education, held at Chitose Institute of Science and Technology from September 1st to 2nd, 2009.
His report was based on the findings of the Design Based Research applied to analyze classroom teaching, design and assess the freshmen education at the universities and colleges.
August 5th, 2009
A research group in the Assessment and Analysis of Educational Testing section has been engaged in the research and development of multiple-choice testing to measure the mastery of vocabulary for key school subjects. This is part of a more general project which is intended to develop methods to predict mastery of school subjects in simpler manners.
In 2008, the research group developed vocabulary tests for four key subjects (Japanese, arithmetic/mathematics, science, and social studies) and a PISA-type knowledge application competency test. A preliminary survey was conducted targeting fifth graders and eighth graders. The result was presented at the 37th Convention of the Behaviormetric Society of Japan.
March 11th, 2009
At the Research Department on Advancement of Testing Technology, we are currently researching a new test interface as a part of a motherboard development project for next-generation examinations.
