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A Novel Approach For Test Problem Assessment Using Course Ontology
Author Info
Hardas, Manas Sudhakar
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1163813746
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2006, MS, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Computer Science.
Abstract
Semantic analysis of educational resources is a very interesting problem with numerous applications. Like any design process, educational resources also have basic elements of design and reproduction. In the process of designing test problems, these elements are in the form of information objects. Course knowledge can be represented in the form of prerequisite relation based ontology using which, assessment and information extraction from test problems is possible. We propose a language schema based on Web Ontology Language (OWL) for formally describing course ontologies. Using this schema, course ontologies can be represented in a standard and sharable way. An evaluation system acts as the backend for the design and re-engineering system. This research aims at automating the process of intelligent evaluation of test-ware resources by providing qualitative assessment of test problems. Some synthetic parameters for the assessment of a test problem in its concept space are introduced. The parameters are tested in some real world scenarios and intuitive inferences are deduced predicting the performance of the parameters. It is observed that the difficulty of a question is often a function of the knowledge content and complexity of the concepts it tests.
Committee
Javed Khan (Advisor)
Pages
82 p.
Subject Headings
Computer Science
Keywords
course
;
ontology
;
complexity
;
difficulty
;
assessment
;
test
;
problem
;
concept maps
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Hardas, M. S. (2006).
A Novel Approach For Test Problem Assessment Using Course Ontology
[Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1163813746
APA Style (7th edition)
Hardas, Manas.
A Novel Approach For Test Problem Assessment Using Course Ontology.
2006. Kent State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1163813746.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Hardas, Manas. "A Novel Approach For Test Problem Assessment Using Course Ontology." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1163813746
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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