Abstract :
A new computerised testing systemwas used at home to promote learning and
also to save classroom instruction time. The testing system combined the features
of short-answer and multiple-choice formats. The questions of the
multiple-choice problems were presented without the options so that students
had to generate answers for themselves; they could click for the options when
they were ready, and could choose one of the options within a brief, specified
time period. One hundred thirty-eight Korean sixth-grade students (12-year
olds) were divided into two groups: the experimental group took the intervening
test on social studies using the new computerised testing method, and the
control group used a computerised version of the traditional multiple-choice
method. A few days after the intervening computerised test, a recall posttest
was given in paper-and-pencil format. The mean posttest score was greater for
the experimental group than for the control group. Implications of the result
are discussed.
