title: Online system for knowledge assessment enhances students' results on school knowledge test.
abstract: Variety of online tools were built to help assessing students' performance in school. Many teachers changed their methods of assessment from paper-and-pencil (P&P) to online systems. In this study we analyse the influence that using an online system for knowledge assessment has on students' knowledge. Based on both a literature study and our own research we designed and built an online system for knowledge assessment. The system is evaluated using two groups of primary school teachers and students (N = 686) in Slovenia: an experimental and a control group. Students solved P&P exams on several occasions. The experimental group was allowed to access the system either at school or at home for a limited period during the presentation of a selected school topic. Students in the experimental group were able to solve tasks and compare their own achievements with those of their coevals. A comparison of the P&P school exams results achieved by both groups revealed a positive effect on subject topic comprehension for those with access to the online self-assessment system.
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education, Kardeljeva ploscad 16, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. benjamin.kralj@pef.uni-lj.si
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kralj
authors.forename: Sasa Aleksej
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Glazar
mesh_terms: D019359:Knowledge; D007858:Learning; D009862:Online Systems; D013334:Students