ADMINISTRATION OF COMPUTER - BASED TESTING AMONG NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

DR. SAMUEL C. EYIBE
Publisher: JOTERD {"id":4,"volume_name":"Vol 4 Number 2","created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"url":"volumes\/4.jpg"} (1): 1: doi: 1 Published in 2013

The University of the 21st In this challenging millennium, the world will be witnessing a sudden rise in the use of telecommunications and information technology in almost all aspects of human interaction. The wireless revolution and the internet event are not only changing the way we live our lives century must be a market place of ideas where information and bold new ideas can be generated and made available to the masses of our people. Although the invention of the printed book and the internet event has greatly changed methods of teaching and learning, there is still a place for the direct spoken word between student and teacher, but the main function of university today is to show the student where to find the information he required and then make him read it for himself to pass his tests and Computer-based testing. Computer-based testing (CBT) is becoming increasingly common type of testing for certificate and admission of students. This type of test mode administration is being used in different parts of the world. The use of computer- based testing simplifies the entire examination cycle: generation, execution, evaluation and presentation. Specifically, the study sought to undertake the validity of computer Based testing among Nigerian university students and to ascertain the extent to which test development of CBT, standardization process, education and pedagogy, students performance and computer-based testing advantages, when taken together, would explain computer-based testing among Nigerian University students.

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