Title:	USING FORMATIVE E-ASSESSMENT TO SUPPORT STUDENTS’ SELF-AWARENESS OF THEIR ABILITIES
Author(s):	Jackie Campbell , Andrea Gorra
ISBN:	978-972-8924-83-6
Editors:	Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen)
Year:	2009
Edition:	V II, 2
Keywords:	Online quiz, self-assessment, databases, empirical study
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	79
Last Page:	82
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of formative online quizzes, as a form of individual self-assessment on students’ awareness of their own ability in the database area. An important element of a student’s experience of becoming an independent learner is to be able to judge one’s own abilities in order to be prepared for the assessments. In the described case study, the teaching staff received a number of student queries regarding their final grade. An initial survey indicated that there was a divergence between the students’ judgment of their performance and that of the teaching staff of the Advanced Database Management module. We have undertaken an empirical study in the form of surveys and interviews to evaluate the use of formative online quizzes to improve the learners’ abilities to judge their performance. Initial findings of this on-going research project indicate that online quizzes can help students’ awareness of their own ability, ideally leading to independent self study. However the delivery and management of the students’ expectations of the online quizzes requires consideration. The paper concludes by recommending the use of online quizzes but also considers their limitations.
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