Abstract
Background/objectives: The process over developing test or question paper for examinations at various levels in higher education is time consuming and requires a lot of work for staff who deal with courses. The objective of the study is to develop a web-based application to help in preparing question papers for examinations. Methods/statistical analysis: This article presents a web-based application that has been developed to help prepare question papers for examinations. Feedback and suggestions from staff at King Khalid University have been used to develop and design the system accordingly. This system will provide a very good tool for fast and accurate development of exam papers. Findings/application: This system allows the administrator to automatically create a repository of question papers for all courses in academic programs at an institute of higher education. Using this system, staff can access previous question papers at any time they need. Moreover, the system is simple to access and can be customized according to staff requirements. The system also accommodates different pattern of questions to be asked, such as true or false questions, multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-gaps questions, and subjective or descriptive questions. Teachers on each semester prepare some set of questions and upload in the question bank database. These questions are developed in the consultation of course teachers, course coordinator, and knowledge area head. Moreover, while framing the questions precisely, the course learning objectives and course learning domain are considered, such as cognitive skills, interpersonal skills, and communication skills. Importantly, the course coordinator takes all necessary measures to make question papers with utmost care, and assures that each question paper covers different level of difficulty. The question paper includes knowledge level, cognitive level, and in some scenarios real-time problem-based question. Keywords: Web-Based, Exam, Course Objectives, Question Paper, Educational Institutions.
Highlights
Teaching staff is always looking for more efficient and effective methods to conduct examination for learners at a quick notice with less manpower
An examination should include the learning skills taught in the course and evaluate the student based on these learning skills
When questions are updated or modified, this will be reflected in the exam papers produced
Summary
Teaching staff is always looking for more efficient and effective methods to conduct examination for learners at a quick notice with less manpower. [1,2], the effective education systems, assessment, and evaluation processes are no less important than teaching processes. The process of assessment and evaluation is in dispensable for the education and time consumable and leaves the teaching staff often over-burdened. Exams are the most common method of assessing students’ learning and measuring their performance in an academic course. An examination should include the learning skills taught in the course and evaluate the student based on these learning skills. When framing exam question papers, the course’s learning skills need to be considered and possibly included in question papers. This helps in judging students’ knowledge and skills. For staff, framing question papers while considering all these parameters is serious work which requires a lot of effort [3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
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