Abstract
BackgroundBecause computers are used in many aspects of today’s life, it seems necessary to include them in teaching and assessment processes.MethodThe aims of this cross-sectional study were to construct a multidimensional valid scale, to identify the factors that influenced the nature of student motivation on Computer Based Testing (CBT), to recognize how students self-regulated their activities around CBT, and to describe the efficiency of autonomous versus controlled situations on motivation. The study was carried out among 246 Iranian Paramedical Students of Tabriz Medical Sciences University, Tabriz, Iran; 2013–2014.The researchers prepared a questionnaire, based on the Self-Determination Theory (SDT), containing 26 items with a five-point Likert scale. It was prepared according to a previous valid questionnaire and by sharing opinions with some students and five professors. The factor analysis was done to perform instructional and exploratory factor analysis.ResultsThe Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin(KMO) measure was performed and variables were correlated highly enough to provide a reasonable basis for factor analysis. The selected 4 factors determined a 60.28% of the variance; autonomy 26.37%, stimulation 14.11%, relatedness10.71%, and competency 9.10%.ConclusionA questionnaire was prepared and validated, based on SDT variables. The results indicated that autonomous extrinsic motivation correlated positively with intrinsic motivation and CBT. There was a general positive attitude towards computer-based testing among students. As students became intrinsically motivated through the promotion of autonomous regulation, CBT was recommended as a proper test mode.
Highlights
Because computers are used in many aspects of today’s life, it seems necessary to include them in teaching and assessment processes
The results indicated that autonomous extrinsic motivation correlated positively with intrinsic motivation and Computer Based Testing (CBT)
As students became intrinsically motivated through the promotion of autonomous regulation, CBT was recommended as a proper test mode
Summary
Because computers are used in many aspects of today’s life, it seems necessary to include them in teaching and assessment processes. With increasing global use of computers for standardized testing purposes within high educational institutions [3,4,5], it is essential for today’s students to leave school with computer and information literacy skills that will enable. With flexibility in time and space, immediate scoring and feedback, and cost efficiency [8], CBT provides a strong intrinsic testing motivation [9]. As a strong theory of motivation, the self-determination theory has proved to have both theoretical and practical potential for educational researchers and practitioners [11]. What SDT researchers are concerned about is the quality of motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic [11]. According to SDT, intrinsic motivation is a person’s most positive
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