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Can Delivery Modality Influence Test Performance?
University of West Florida Libraries
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2020
Abstract
This paper presents a mixed group experimental design to examine whether how students take a test within the classroom affects exam performance and test delivery preferences. In this study, I randomly assigned 35 students in a social psychology course to take their first exam in either a paper-based format or an online mode in the same context. Students switched to the alternative format for their second exam. I measured average exam scores, speed of completion, attitudes towards computer testing, testing anxiety, and modality preference. As predicted, the testing format made no difference in mean test performance on each exam. There also was no majority preference for one modality over the other when given a choice of how students wanted to take the final exam in the class. Format preference was unrelated to testing anxiety or exam performance. However, attitudes towards computer-based testing appear to correlate with modality preference. Therefore, online-based testing modalities do not appear to have any significant disadvantages when compared to paper-based formats and can possibly serve as a convenient, resource saving alternative.
Details
- Title
- Can Delivery Modality Influence Test Performance?
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Contributors
- Jane S Halonen (Committee Chair) - University of West Florida, PsychologyDavid B Strohmetz (Committee Member) - University of West Florida, Usha Kundu, MD College of Health
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Pensacola, Florida :
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 41
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090723806600
- Academic Unit
- Psychology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida