Gender and engagement in automated online test feedback in first year human biology

This study reports on the differential use and benefits for males and females of the provision of automated feedback for online MCQ tests in first year Human Biology. The study was conducted across three Western Australian universities offering first year Human Biology units to approximately 2000 students per year. We found that immediate feedback benefits the learning of both sexes, but greater male engagement is obtained through shorter feedback tasks.

Citation

Sanders, Katherine and Hill, Julie and Meyer, Jan and Fyfe, Georgina and Fyfe, Susan and Ziman, Mel and Koehler, Nicole. 2007. Gender and engagement in automated online test feedback in first year human biology, in Atkinson, R.J., McBeath, C., Soong, S. K. A. & Cheers, C. (ed), Ascilite Singapore 2007, Dec 2 2007, pp. 909-912. Singapore: Ascilite.

Source Title

ICT: Providing choices for learners and learning. Proceedings ascilite Singapore 2007.

Additional URLs

http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/singapore07/procs/sanders-poster.pdf

ISBN

978-981-05-9579-1

Faculty

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Biomedical Sciences

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41922

Collection

Curtin Research Publications