Exams of Tomorrow:Use of Computers in Dutch national science exams

Gerard Boeijen Peter UylingsCito group AMSTEL InstituteArnhem Amsterdam

ICT exams:in every profile, every sector and every stream

2002 - 2006

ICT Physics Exams:For all schools until 2006

and..Compulsory from 2007?!

2002 - 2006

Overview

Choice central exams Experimental exams Added value? School organization

Education as a function of time

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20072007

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Source: Coen Free School of the future

19751975

Source: Coen Free School of the future

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Source: Coen Free School of the future

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From 2007 onwards?From 2007 onwards?

Importance of keeping Central Exams

ICT and Multimedia in Exams

Use of standard software, video & sound, simulations, animations, web-based information

Presentation (data, information, models, graphs, video) on screen

Questions and Answers on paper. Correction by teacher on paper or by computer

To give an impression…..

The Central Examination Board, Policy

ICT in every profile and every sector

project 2002 -2006 parallel to exams on paper schools choose themselves Obligatory in practical

exams with vocational subjects

Added value!

3 kinds of ict-applications

1. Offer information (i)

2. Use of standard software (s)

3. Exams on screen (b)

open questions and practical exams

open questions and practical exams

Computer-processablequestions

ICT Exam subjects 2003-2006

Vwo Physics (s) biology (i,s) Math A 12 (s) Math A1 (s)

Havo Physics (s) Biology (i,s) Geography (i,s) Economy 1 (i,s)

Scope of applicationScience

Questions on video fragments (bi) Data Video (Coach 5, Coach 6) Modeling (Coach and Excel) Experiments and data processing

(animations, Flash, Java-applets etc.) Simulations

Biological Example…

Examples in Physics…Exam 2004

Sahara and on paper: Toaster and on paper: Six Flags and on paper:

School Organization

Adapting network (cheating, copying..) Setup examination room with PC’s System requirements (install and test CD-rom) Data transport online More successive sessions: training! Software available at home

Added Value?

More visualization possible Multi-media, animations, measuring possibilities Data-processing Testing larger range of skills: ICT, experimentation. Try-out options, ‘self’-corrective:

→ questions more open,

adressing problem-solving capacity! Realistic, less ‘artificial step-by step’ problems