Developing a Web-based Assessment System for Evaluating Examinee’s Understanding of the Procedure of Scientific Experiments

Tzu-Hua Wang

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Tzu-Hua Wang ¹ ^*

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¹ Department of Education and Learning Technology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, TAIWAN^* Corresponding Author

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This research tries to use multimedia animation to design examination questions and develop a Web-based Performance Assessment system (WPA system) to evaluate examinees’ understanding of the procedure of scientific experiments. WPA system also documents and scores the process an examinee responds to multimedia animation questions, including the tracks movable objects leave on the screen, and information examinees input and whether their answers are correct. Examinees’ recorded process of the operation of each multimedia animation question can be replayed for teachers to grasp a full picture of examinees’ process of answering. WPA system can be used for improving and evaluating students’ understanding of the procedure of scientific experiments.

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multimedia animation
scientific experiment
science laboratory instruction
Web-based Performance Assessment system (WPA system)

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 14, Issue 5, May 2018, 1791-1801

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Wang, T.-H. (2018). Developing a Web-based Assessment System for Evaluating Examinee’s Understanding of the Procedure of Scientific Experiments. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(5), 1791-1801. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/85170

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Wang TH. Developing a Web-based Assessment System for Evaluating Examinee’s Understanding of the Procedure of Scientific Experiments. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(5):1791-801. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/85170

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Wang TH. Developing a Web-based Assessment System for Evaluating Examinee’s Understanding of the Procedure of Scientific Experiments. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(5), 1791-1801. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/85170

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Wang, Tzu-Hua. "Developing a Web-based Assessment System for Evaluating Examinee’s Understanding of the Procedure of Scientific Experiments". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2018 14 no. 5 (2018): 1791-1801. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/85170

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Wang, T.-H. (2018). Developing a Web-based Assessment System for Evaluating Examinee’s Understanding of the Procedure of Scientific Experiments. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(5), pp. 1791-1801. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/85170

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Wang, Tzu-Hua "Developing a Web-based Assessment System for Evaluating Examinee’s Understanding of the Procedure of Scientific Experiments". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 5, 2018, pp. 1791-1801. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/85170