Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: GASPERSON, SEAN MORGAN. The Effects of Item-by-Item Feedback during a Computer Adaptive Test. (Under the direction of Lori Foster Thompson.)Decisions involved in designing high-stakes tests include whether to give examinees feedback and, if it is given, how to display the feedback to them.Researchers have yet to examine the effects of item response theory-related feedback on state test anxiety and examinees' perceptions of fairness when said feedback is given on an item-by-item basis such as during a computer adaptive test.To address these gaps in the literature, this experiment examined the effects of feedback on state test anxiety and perceived test fairness, accounting for individual differences in feedback acceptance, exam performance, and performance goal orientation.These effects were examined across three modes of item-by-item feedback (i.e., text feedback, graphical feedback, and text/graphical feedback together) during a computer adaptive test in an online sample (N = 338).A three-way interaction occurred between text and graphical feedback, test performance, and prove performance goal orientation.As expected, among those who received feedback, there was a significant, positive relationship between feedback acceptance and perceived test fairness.Limitations and future directions are discussed.
Author: Sean M. Gasperson
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2524485365