doron wrote: > my question, is why we don't use the method of tasks based exam ?
The party line is that, in contrast to tasks-based exams, multiple-choice exams actually have science (as in, reviewed papers) behind them that says that performance in an appropriately constructed multiple-choice exam correlates with knowledge of the subject matter tested. As far as tasks-based exams are concerned, there is a widespread warm fuzzy feeling suggesting that someone who can do contrived tasks of the kind suitable for an exam situation will also be able to do similar tasks in the real world but that seems to be all there is at the moment. Additionally, multiple-choice exams are vastly easier to deliver and grade than tasks-based exams, although with the widespread availability of virtualisation this may change. One of LPI's long-standing projects is its very own exam delivery infrastructure (Xamnet) and in due course this may well incorporate task-based components, once we figure out more about what these should look like in order to be as psychometrically sound as the existing exams. In the meantime, delivering multiple-choice exams is something that VUE and Prometric are very good at, and which they quite helpfully do on LPI's behalf pretty much all over the world; anything that LPI comes up with will have some serious catching up to do before anyone will be able to take a Xamnet-based exam with the same convenience as a VUE or Prometric exam. Anselm (This is my personal opinion and not that of Linup Front GmbH.) -- Anselm Lingnau ... Linup Front GmbH ... Linux-, Open-Source- & Netz-Schulungen Linup Front GmbH, Postfach 100121, 64201 Darmstadt, Germany [EMAIL PROTECTED], +49(0)6151-9067-103, Fax -299, www.linupfront.de Sitz: Weiterstadt (AG Darmstadt, HRB7705), Geschäftsführer: Oliver Michel _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
