Assessing the evidence: Student response system versus computer based testing for undertaking multiple choice question assessment in undergraduate nursing education

摘要

There is a dearth of evidence focusing on student preferences for computer-based testing versustesting via student response systems for summative assessment in undergraduate education.This quantitative study compared the preference and acceptability of computer-based testingand a student response system for completing multiple choice questions in undergraduatenursing education. After using both computer-based testing and a student response system tocomplete multiple choice questions, 192 first year undergraduate nursing students rated theirpreferences and attitudes towards using computer-based testing and a student response system.Results indicated that seventy four percent felt the student response system was easy to use.Fifty six percent felt the student response system took more time than the computer-based testingto become familiar with. Sixty Percent felt computer-based testing was more users friendly.Seventy Percent of students would prefer to take a multiple choice question summative examvia computer-based testing, although Fifty percent would be happy to take using student responsesystem. Results are useful for undergraduate educators in relation to student’s preferencefor using computer-based testing or student response system to undertake a summativemultiple choice question exam