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A Personalized Assessment System Based on Item Response Theory

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Computerized adaptive testing (CAT) is a method of administering tests that adapts to the examinee’s ability level. Previous research has focused on estimating the examinee’s ability accurately and on providing adequate feedback upon analyzing the examinee’s ability. However, in order for students to use the feedback, they must find courses or learning materials themselves. It is difficult to make customized learning available continuously. Therefore, we used adaptive testing to estimate a student’s ability and to identify a number of student characteristics. This paper recommends content that can reinforce areas in which the student needs improvement. We applied our system at an actual education site. The group that used our recommendation module learned more effectively than the control group. By using this system, teachers will be able to monitor students closely. This enables customized learning which allows students to study effectively without necessitating the effort to search for learning materials. Customized learning will increase interest in.

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Lee, Y., Cho, J., Han, S., Choi, BU. (2010). A Personalized Assessment System Based on Item Response Theory. In: Luo, X., Spaniol, M., Wang, L., Li, Q., Nejdl, W., Zhang, W. (eds) Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2010. ICWL 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6483. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17407-0_40

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