Effects on Test Performance and Efficiency of Technology-Enhanced Items: An Analysis of Drag-and-Drop Response Interactions

作     者：Ponce, Hector R. Mayer, Richard E. Soledad Loyola, Maria 

作者机构：Univ Santiago Chile Fac Management & Econ Av LB OHiggins 3363 Santiago Chile Univ Calif Santa Barbara Dept Psychol & Brain Sci Santa Barbara CA 93106 USA Univ Santiago Chile Interact Technol Lab Santiago Chile 

出 版 物：《JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING RESEARCH》 (J. Educ. Comput. Res.)

年 卷 期：2021年第59卷第4期

页      面：713-739页

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学科分类：0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学] 

基　　金：Chilean Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo through grant FONDECYT 

主　　题：drag-and-drop interface computer-based assessment online testing technology-enhances items multimedia test developer standardized test 

摘      要：One of the most common technology-enhanced items used in large-scale K-12 testing programs is the drag-and-drop response interaction. The main research questions in this study are: (a) Does adding a drag-and-drop interface to an online test affect the accuracy of student performance? (b) Does adding a drag-and-drop interface to an online test affect the speed of student performance? In three different experiments involving fourth, sixth, and eighth graders, respectively;students answered reading comprehension questions presented in conventional (i.e., paper-based design) or drag-and-drop formats. The tests consisted of four-sentence ordering items in Experiment 1, four graphic organizer items in Experiment 2, and two cloze tests and two graphic organizer items in Experiment 3. The conventional and drag & drop groups were compared on test performance (i.e., accuracy) and efficiency (i.e., response time and number of mouse clicks). Across the three experiments, the conventional and drag & drop groups did not differ in mean performance, but the drag & drop group responded more efficiently than the conventional group (faster response time, d = 0.62, and fewer mouse clicks, d = 1.13).