ICT-based Diagnostic Tool and Knowledge Development

Identification of a Social Problem:

In today's education, there is an increasing demand for the use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools. As we learn more about the learning differences among students, it becomes evident that the use of digital technology holds significant potential in tailored, optimized, and comprehensive (including beyond the classroom) teaching, learning, and diagnostic processes. Institutions with an inclusive approach, such as schools, educational support services, and healthcare institutions, can particularly benefit from this potential.

Results of Development/Research:

The developed tool is a digital test package for examining different aspects of executive function. It can assist educational institutions in recognizing atypical developmental patterns in childhood. The related scientific publication can be accessed in the Q1 journal: Link to the scientific publication.

Introduction of the Developed Tool/Method:

Technology has undergone rapid and diverse changes and advancements. It has become increasingly affordable, widely available, efficient, reliable, and flexible. ICT-based testing offers several advantages over traditional testing, including time and cost efficiency, instant evaluation and feedback, elimination of data loss and distortion, increased motivation, and minimization of examiner subjectivity. Technology-based diagnostics enable the application of new types of test items: multimedia-enriched items allow simultaneous processing of multimodal information/stimuli from both the input and output sides. Interactive tasks enable tracking of the examinee's test-solving process, dynamic evaluation, and randomized item selection to provide examinees with tasks of the same difficulty level but different content. ICT-based testing goes beyond the functionality of traditional pen-and-paper tests by allowing the implementation of new test algorithms and the use of fully parameterized item banks for conducting adaptive testing. The essence of adaptive testing is that the examinee does not need to go through each task individually but receives the most suitable task based on the initial assessment. This level of adaptability increases the diagnostic sensitivity and power of the test.

The tool includes the computerized versions of the following test types (the test mode is already available at https://dpszi.inf.elte.hu/login):
a) Continuous Performance Test
b) London Tower Adaptive Test
c) Corsi Block Adaptive Test
d) Reverse Corsi Block Adaptive Test

Contact

Katalin Mohai (ELTE Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education)
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More about the 2022–2023 phase of the research