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Title:
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EFFECTS OF A TEST DELIVERY SYSTEM IN A BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: A FOCUS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTITUDE TOWARD TESTS, MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING, AND TEST SCORES |
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Author(s):
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Takeshi Kitazawa, Masahiro Naga |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-66-3 |
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Editors:
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Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2012 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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m-learning, e-learning, blended learning, test approach-avoidance tendency, motivation for learning |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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275 |
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Last Page:
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278 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper describes the effects of system whereby tests are delivered to students mobile phones in a blended learning environment. We employed the test delivery system along with the e-learning system. A teacher sent five tests, with questions pertaining to the course content, from the e-learning system to students mobile phones a few days after each lesson. We analyzed the relationship between their test approach/avoidance tendency, motivation for learning, which was determined by the time lapse between the sending and taking of the test and the test scores. We found that 37 students had a test approach tendency, 51 students had a test avoidance tendency, and 6 students had a neutral tendency. The average rate of test completion was 93.2%, which showed that almost all the students took the tests. The relationship between the students attitudes toward tests, motivation for learning, and test scores indicated that their attitude toward the tests delivered by this system, determined by the rate of test completion and time lapses between the sending and taking of the tests, did not depend on the students test approach/avoidance tendency. However, the average percentage of correct answers of the test approach tendency group was higher than that of the test avoidance tendency group. |
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