Adaptive test system based on revised Bloom's taxonomy

  • Authors:
  • Mariana Raykova;Hristina Kostadinova;George Totkov

  • Affiliations:
  • New Bulgarian University;South-West University "Neofit Rilski";Plovdiv University

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Generating different tests' versions to satisfy the needs of different users is one of the biggest challenges that e-learning systems designers are faced with. This research deals with the basic elements of Computer Adaptive Tests (CAT) construction, as a way to resolve the abovementioned issue. Test generation has two main components: a calibrated bank of questions and an algorithm, which determines the start and end point of the test, and the sequence of the test items given to the users. The current method of creating the components of the test generation process is based on two main pillars: accumulation of the test items and Revised Bloom's Taxonomy (RBT). It allows the test items' level of difficulty to be automatically determined, according to the cognitive level in RBT and the bank of questions to be calibrated in every moment of the testing. The above described method is realized in BEST e-learning system.