THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF COMPUTER-ADAPTIVE TESTING IN A HIGHER EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT

By STEVEN THOMAS

CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 2 BACKGROUND TO THE RESEARCH 3 THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAT PROTOTYPE 4 TEST-TAKER EVALUATION OF THE CAT APPROACH 5 ACADEMIC STAFF EVALUATION OF THE CAT APPROACH 6 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE CAT APPROACH 7 THE AUTOMATED FEEDBACK PROTOTYPE 8 TEST-TAKER EVALUATION OF THE AUTOMATED FEEDBACK PROTOTYPE 9 ACADEMIC STAFF EVALUATION OF THE AUTOMATED FEEDBACK PROTOTYPE 10 CONCLUSION REFERENCES