Student Self Accessing Practice Test Sites

Project Title

Student Self Accessing Practice Test Sites

Project Leader

Prof Barry Sautman

School / Dept

SHSS / SOSC

Project Duration

Oct 2008 - Jan 2010

Project Description

The objectives of this project are:

1. To facilitate student learning on a progressive basis, a self-accessing practice test site will be built to provide students with interactive study resources, including practice questions, sample essays, and discussion board.
2. To improve student ability to apply declarative knowledge. In other words, we will present students with an opportunity to function with the knowledge they have or which they acquire related to China and the world.
3. To help students learn how to successfully write high-quality essays through reading 'model' essays.

4. The test site will enable instructors to track down student learning behavior and effectiveness by referring to the data of user counts and exam grades. It also seeks to facilitate instructors to improve their assessment techniques and address common learning questions by responding to the ongoing feedback from the site users.

Project Outcome

A Student Self Accessing Practice Test Site (SSAPTS) was built in 15 courses (4 courses in Spring 2009, 3 courses in Summer 2009 and 8 courses in Fall 2009) through LMES. The test site provided students with interactive study resources, including case-analysis type multiple-choice practice questions, annotated sample essays, writing handbooks, workshop videos and discussion board.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Final Report

Adaptation

Full Project