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Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2024)
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Online tests in comprehensive exams – during and after the pandemic

Published:
2024-07-12
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2024.13559
Author
Adrienn Vámosiné Varga
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Keywords
online assessment online quizzes online examinations Moodle statistics
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Vámosiné Varga, A. (2024). Online tests in comprehensive exams – during and after the pandemic. Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, 22(1), 77-93. https://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2024.13559
Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the development of electronic (e-learning) assessment methods and forced their use worldwide. Many instructors and students had to familiarize themselves with the form of distance education. During and since Covid-19 in Hungary, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Debrecen, the written part of the Comprehensive Exam in Mathematics is organized in a computer lab of the university using an online test. Our goal is that the results of the tests may be as reliable as possible in terms of measuring the students’ knowledge, and thus the grades given based on the test results would be realistic. In this paper, we show the analysis of a sample written exam and compare the real exam results of students who were prepared for the comprehensive exam during Covid-19 and who have participated in face-to-face education since then. The tools provided by the Moodle system necessary for comparison are also presented.

Subject Classification: 97D40, 97D70, 97U50

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