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The paper deals with the assessment of learners’ knowledge, particularly how the learners can show the teacher what they know. The main objective of this article is to detect and analyze students’ assessment preferences when exploiting the smart learning environment where an individualized offer is provided to them. The sample group consisted of 203 students of the Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. The method of questionnaire was applied, when students evaluated various assessment methods on the five-level scale. Then, the method of multiple regression was exploited to prove whether there exists any correlation between learners’ assessment preferences and assessment formats. The results show the most preferred way of assessment is the semester project work. Unfortunately, no statistically significant preference was discovered between the assessment preferences in the sample group and those reflecting individual learning styles. Finally, a didactic recommendations defined by Comenius centuries ago were emphasized.
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Simonova, I. (2016). Students’ Assessment Preferences in ESP in the Smart Learning Environment. In: Uskov, V., Howlett, R., Jain, L. (eds) Smart Education and e-Learning 2016. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 59. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39690-3_34
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