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Title:
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CONFIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENTS WITHIN AN ADULT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT |
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Author(s):
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Paul Novacek |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-18-0 |
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Editors:
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Demetrios G Sampson, J. Michael Spector, Dirk Ifenthaler and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2013 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Confidence-based, assessments, certainty-based, exams |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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403 |
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Last Page:
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406 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Traditional knowledge assessments rely on multiple-choice type questions that only report a right or wrong answer. The reliance within the education system on this technique infers that a student who provides a correct answer purely through guesswork possesses knowledge equivalent to a student who actually knows the correct answer. A more complete assessment is needed to eliminate guesswork and offer greater efficiency in managing the remediation process. Confidence-based assessment techniques integrate the selection of multiple-choice answers with the students self-perceived level of certainty and offer a middle ground between the traditional multiple-choice answer and a lengthy essay response. Research has discovered that confidence-based assessments provide a more comprehensive measure of a persons knowledge, increases the retainability of learned material and identifies topics in which people are misinformed. |
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