https://learning-theories.org/ 2026-04-23T13:59:15+0000 https://learning-theories.org/ https://learning-theories.org/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:e-assessment&rev=1687190613&do=diff e-Assessment Knowledge assessment What is e-Assessment? e-Assessment or electronic assessment is one of the domains of e-Learning, and usually refers to an electronically delivered assessment. The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) defines e-Assessment as text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:e-assessment_in_general&rev=1687190613&do=diff Properties of an e-assessment system Different types of properties For the purpose of this Wiki, the properties of an e-assessment system will be divided into the following categories: * Functional properties * Architectural properties * Content exchange specifications Assessment types and items System architecture text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:e-assessment_system_architecture&rev=1687190613&do=diff e-Assessment system architecture General The evolution of the architecture of e-assessment systems is generally similar to evolution of e-learning platforms or learning management systems. Such systems usually provide a holistic environment for managing and delivering educational experiences including assessment of their outcomes. text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:e-assessment_system_functionality&rev=1687190613&do=diff e-Assessment system functionality General The basic functionality of an assessment system includes the following: * support for different question/item generation, * support for different assessment types and assessment delivery models, * support for automatic answer assessment, text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:educational_assessment&rev=1687190613&do=diff Educational assessment What is educational assessment? Assessment or educational assessment is a process used to determine what a student knows or what he is able to do. It is the process * “... of documenting knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs, often in measurable terms. text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:32+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:item_response_theory&rev=1687190612&do=diff Item response theory Item Response Theory (IRT) Item response theory or IRT is one of the psychometric theories. It can be used * to evaluate the psychometric properties of an existing scale and its items, to optimally shorten the scale when necessary, and to evaluate the performance of the reduced scale. When used appropriately, IRT modeling can produce precise, valid, and relatively brief instruments resulting in minimal response burden. text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:knowledge&rev=1687190613&do=diff Knowledge Epistemology Epistemology is an area of philosophy studying the theory of knowledge and justified belief. Epistemology is concerned with questions like: * What is knowledge? * What are the necessary and sufficient conditions of knowledge? text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:learning_outcomes&rev=1687190613&do=diff Categories of learning outcomes Knowledge or learning outcomes? Learning outcomes * “... are statements of what a learner is expected to know, understand and/or be able to do at the end of a period of learning.” The most desired outcome of learning is of course text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:properties_of_an_e-assessment_system&rev=1687190613&do=diff Properties of an e-assessment system Different types of properties For the purpose of this Wiki, the properties of an e-assessment system will be divided into the following categories: * Functional properties * Architectural properties * Content exchange specifications Assessment types and items System architecture text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:psychometrics&rev=1687190613&do=diff Psychometrics What is psychometrics? Psychometrics is * “the field of study concerned with the theory and technique of educational and psychological measurement, which includes the measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:q-matrix&rev=1687190613&do=diff What is a q-matrix? Q-matrix is a matrix describing relations of questions and concepts required for their understanding. It is a domain-independent model of knowledge represented by a binary matrix showing the relationship between test items and latent or underlying attributes, or concepts. text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:related_effects&rev=1687190613&do=diff Effects and principles Context effects * “Context effects arise when the appearance of a particular item has an effect on the difficulty of a subsequent item.” For example, let the two following questions form possible test questions: 1. text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:start&rev=1687190613&do=diff Knowledge Assessment What is knowledge? Here you can find out more about knowledge in context of epistemology, the area of science researching knowledge or about different types of knowledge. What are learning outcomes? Here you can find out more about learning outcomes, Bloom's taxonomy of learning outcomes, and Revised_Bloom's_taxonomy. What is understanding? Here you can find out more about text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:testlets&rev=1687190613&do=diff Testlets What are testlets? The term testlets was first officially introduced in late 1980s and defined as * “a group of items related to a single content area that is developed as a unit and contains a fixed number of predetermined paths that an examinee may follow. text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:types_if_knowledge&rev=1687190613&do=diff Types of Knowledge There is a wide variety of qualities and properties attributed to knowledge in the literature like: Various types of knowledge in the literature generic knowledge general knowledge domain specific knowledge concrete knowledge text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:types_of_assessment&rev=1687190613&do=diff Types of Assessment in Education Assessment in education has different strategies, depending on the very purpose of the assessment. Some of the possible categorizations of assessment types are: * formative and summative assessment, * norm-referenced text/html 2023-06-19T16:03:33+0000 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://learning-theories.org/doku.php?id=knowledge_assessment:understanding&rev=1687190613&do=diff Understanding What is understanding? Understanding is * the ability to connect a representation to many other representations. If you understand something in only one or two ways, you scarcely understand it at all. * a psychological process related to an abstract or physical object, such as a person, situation, or message whereby one is able to think about it and use concepts to deal adequately with that object.