DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT TEST FOR THE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN BASIC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES COURSE
ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN TEMEL BİLGİ TEKNOLOJİLERİ DERSİNE YÖNELİK AKADEMİK BAŞARI TESTİ GELİŞTİRME ÇALIŞMASI

Author : Atilla BİNGÖL -- Nurhan HALİSDEMİR
Number of pages : 541-554

Abstract

The goal of this study is to develop a tool for measuring the academical achievement levels of university students in the Basic Information Technologies class. The final form of the test which is composed of 26 items was applied to 166 freshmen students at Firat University. To be able to obtain information about the statistical validity of the test, item analysis of the test and for each item, difficulty and distinctiveness indices are calculated using obtained results. The item difficulty index ranges for the questions in the test (Pj) varies between .21 and .49. The average difficulty score of the test is calculated as .59. KR-20 test result from the Kuder Richardson-20 analysis, which is conducted to investigate the internal consistency between the test scores is .51. The results from the analysis show that the reliability level of the test is high.

Keywords

Basic Information Technologies Course, Academic Achievement Test, Development of Achievement Test

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