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Gender plays no role in student ability to perform on computer-based examinations
- Source :
- BMC Medical Education, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 57 (2006), BMC Medical Education
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2006.
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Abstract
- Background To see if there is a difference in performance when students switch from traditional paper-and-pencil examinations to computer-based examinations, and to determine whether there are gender differences in student performance in these two examination formats. Methods This study involved first year medical students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign over three Academic Years 2002–03/2003–04 and 2003–05. Comparisons of student performance by overall class and gender were made. Specific comparisons within courses that utilized both the paper-and-pencil and computer formats were analyzed. Results Overall performance scores for students among the various Academic Years revealed no differences between exams given in the traditional pen-and-paper and computer formats. Further, when we looked specifically for gender differences in performance between these two testing formats, we found none. Conclusion The format for examinations in the courses analyzed does not affect student performance. We find no evidence for gender differences in performance on exams on pen-and-paper or computer-based exams.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Paper
Educational measurement
Students, Medical
Statistics as Topic
lcsh:Medicine
Biochemistry
Education
Sex Factors
Sex factors
Task Performance and Analysis
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
Humans
Schools, Medical
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Students medical
Medicine(all)
Analysis of Variance
Medical education
lcsh:LC8-6691
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION
lcsh:Special aspects of education
Computers
lcsh:R
Neurosciences
Computer based
General Medicine
Female
Clinical Competence
Educational Measurement
Illinois
Clinical competence
Psychology
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726920
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Medical Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....def278aeb7891c8bbf4e4a30f4a92599