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A Computer Adaptive Testing Method for Intelligent Tutoring Systems

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Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES 2010)

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The growth of popularity of computers increases interest of adaptive testing in tutoring systems. Computer adaptive testing is a form of educational measurement that is adaptable to examine proficiency. In a procedure of adaptive testing it is required to determine a selection of the first item, a method of estimation of student’s proficiency, a method of selection of the next item and a termination criterion. In this paper the original algorithm of adaptive testing with all basic steps is proposed. The level of difficulty of the first item is set using user’s profile. Such solution allows to start a test, where the first item is suitable for student’s preferences. In our method 2-parameter IRT model is applied to choose the next item.

This research was financially supported by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education under the grants no. 0419/B/T02/2009/37 and N N519 407437.

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  1. Institute of Informatics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland

    Adrianna Kozierkiewicz-Hetmańska & Ngoc Thanh Nguyen

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  1. School of Engineering, The Parade, Cardiff University, CF24 3AA, Cardiff, UK

    Rossitza Setchi

  2. Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, BUckingham Building, Lion Terrace, University of Portsmouth, PO1 3HE, Portsmouth, UK

    Ivan Jordanov

  3. KES International, 145-157, St. John Street, EC1V 4PY, London, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  4. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of South Australia, ,, Adelaide, Mawson Lakes Campus, 5095, SA, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Kozierkiewicz-Hetmańska, A., Nguyen, N.T. (2010). A Computer Adaptive Testing Method for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. In: Setchi, R., Jordanov, I., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6276. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15387-7_32

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