This paper presents the requirements and development status an authoring tool for e-learning assessment that lets teachers testing students efficiently. The combination of different research fields inside the tool, namely pedagogy, learner adaptation and standards, makes possible a better and complete assessment adapted to the knowledge of learners and his/her preferences.

The present study intended to evaluate EFL students' performance on a traditional method of writing assessment in comparison to an alternative assessment technique by taking into account the effects of teacher and peer feedback. Moreover, the attitudes of the participants regarding assessment procedures and activities were focused in this study. To this end, thirty male and female language lear...

This study investigated how awareness affected learners’ intake and production in relation to their cognitive styles. It is assumed that learners’ cognitive styles may affect their ability to notice particular features in the input and, consequently, their intake and production. Adult learners of English were exposed to four English structures through four sets of problem-solving tasks, followe...

The present study aimed to capture and represent the mediator-learner’s interaction in the development of listening proficiency and statistically compare this interaction between high and low proficient English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. Thirty EFL learners participated in Oxford Quick Placemat Test (OQPT) and the Interactions/Mosaic Listening Placement (IMLP) Test to select those wh...

ACCESS TO LEARNING – MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE IN CASE STUDY SCHOOLS IN GAUTENG AND EASTERN CAPE. South Africa performs poorly on international assessments of mathematics. Learner performance at both at primary and secondary school levels does not appear to have improved significantly over the past 10 years. Assessment should provide a catalyst for improved learning and reflective teaching practi...

MULTI-HEURISTIC THEORY ASSESSMENT WITH ITERATIVE SELECTION by Kareem Ammar Chairperson of the Supervisory Committee: Professor Tim Menzies Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Modern day machine learning is not without its shortcomings. To start with, the heuristic accuracy, which is the standard assessment criteria for machine learning, is not always the best heuristic to ...

The advancement in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has provided new opportunities for teaching and learning in the form of e-learning. However, developing specialized contents, accommodating profiles of learners, e-learning pedagogy and available ICT infrastructure are the real challenges that need to be properly addressed for any successful e-learning system. The adaptability in...