Electronic Testing as a Tool for Optimizing the Process of Control over the Results of Educational Training Activities

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of ensuring the objectivity of the pedagogical control of results of the academic activity of students. One of the leading modern means of pedagogical control in educational institutions of higher education is pedagogical testing, carried out with the help of information and communication technologies. In K. Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University for the implementation of effective educational activities in the main areas of implementation and training profiles for students, the electronic educational environment LMS Moodl has been used. The authors of the article consider the electronic educational environment of LMS Moodl to be an effective tool for creating control and measuring materials for assessing the results of the learning activity of students. The article reveals the possibilities of this electronic environment for the creation by teachers of the university of electronic educational materials, means of control, including pedagogical tests. The article describes the algorithm for creating parallel forms of electronic tests based on the tool capabilities of the electronic resource of the LMS Moodl environment. The authors of the article suggest using “random questions” to create parallel (multi-variant) forms of tests. “Random questions” are added to the test directly at the design stage and regulate the inclusion of a specific task from the e-course issues bank in this question. In addition, the authors give the results of an experimental study of the effectiveness of the use of electronic tests created in the electronic environment of LMS Moodl based on parallel forms of the test.