A) Hosseini, Monirosadat, Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin, and
Mostafa Baghdarnia. "Comparability Of Test Results Of Computer Based Tests
(CBT) And Paper And Pencil Tests (PPT) Among English Language Learners In
Iran." Procedia - Social And Behavioral
Sciences 98.Proceedings of the International Conference on Current Trends
in ELT (2014): 659-667. ScienceDirect.
Web. 17 Oct. 2016.
B) What role does CBL play in test scores and how does it affect
overall learning in present day students.
C) I think that this source will be very beneficial to my
topic and helping me clarify another point that is related to my overall topic,
to determine what kind of role CBL plays in tests scores and learning. While reading, I am starting to come to a
conclusion that pen and paper testing generally yields better results.
Part 2: This article is about a study of comparing test
scores from computer based learning environments and tests, and the tradition
pen and paper methods. The goal is to find the relationship between the two
testing methods, and ultimately see which one is better and can help meets
student needs more successfully.
This
source made me think critically about a few things. First it took the side of
computer based testing (CBT) and indicated that it has many advantages
including being easy to administer, immediately being able to find out scores,
and the flexibility of time and location, since computers can be used in a
numerous number of places. In the results of the test, it showed that the
scores of the pen and paper testing were slightly higher, which can further
support the point of stasis that traditional methods are better for learning.
This source
could possibly respond to source 2, which showed the pen and paper methods of
learning and testing led to better scores, which this source would agree with.
Source 3 on the other hand would disagree and say that CBL gave better scores.
In my research I have come across multiple studies that have different results,
but they mostly lean in favor of traditional learning methods. This would also
agree with source 4 since they both think that traditional pen and paper is the
best way to go. With using traditional learning methods, students are able to
learn at a steadier pace and can absorb information better leader to a better a
learning environment and improved scoring on tests,
The
question this source leads me to ask is, how does traditional learning compare
to computer based learning while taking into consideration student preferences
and learning styles? From here my research will go to combining all of these
sources and ideas and finding a way to relate them to my topic. So far I have
found out that statistically speaking, traditional test taking yields slightly
better scores in general compared to computer based, and I have also learned
that CBL can sometimes overload student cognitive ability, leading to a poor
understanding of the topics at hand, hurting the overall learning environment
of a student
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