Design Overview of an Adaptive Computer-based Assessment System

Abstract

SPEBC, an adaptive computer-based assessment system, will provide initial, formative, and summative assessments. SPEBC will generate multiple-choice and open-ended questions adapted to the learners’ background knowledge and external representations. SPEBC will generate personalized assignments and will use voting devices to capture the learner’s answers in. Moreover, the personalization approach is based on the generation of personalized responses using for each set of answers a different kind of external representation. Previous studies about the use of adaptive systems and classroom communication systems in the classroom have shown to be effective.