Assessment of Students’ Preference Between Computer-Based Test and Paper-Pencil Test in Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
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This study assessed students’ level of preference between computer-based test (CBT) and paper-pencil test (PPT), and investigated the influence of gender on such preference. Study design non-experimental of survey research type. The population consists of 5,100 year-two undergraduates of Delta State University, Abraka, for the 2021/2022 academic session. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 220 students as sample for the study. CBT-PPT-PREF was used to collect data. Facial and content validation of instrument was done by experts in measurement and evaluation. Test-retest was carried out on an independent group of 25 students different from those of the study in order to estimate the reliability of the instrument which yielded 0.86. Two research questions and three hypotheses were articulated to direct the research. Data collected were analysed using frequency count and t-test. Findings show that the overall proportion that approved of CBT was 76.4 %, while the overall proportion that approved of PPT was 52.3 %, that difference in the level of students’ preference between CBT and PPT was significant at p<0.013, and that gender did not affect level of preference for any mode of assessment. The study concluded that CBT was an innovative mode of assessment that should be promoted and encouraged at all levels of education.
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