Technology-enhanced items (TEIs) as an assessment format adaptable to learning styles¶

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 theoretical), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description¶

Technology-enhanced items (TEIs) are an assessment item format that the article proposes developing based on students' learning styles. According to the abstract, "The authors suggest adapting student assessment utilizing technology-enhanced items (TEIs) developed based on students' LS may provide a more reliable measure of student ability." The element is positioned as a means of closing the identified gap between learning styles and assessment design in K-12 education.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• TEIs must be developed based on students' assessed learning styles to serve the proposed measurement purpose

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Measuring student ability

Claims¶

• The literature contains a gap regarding the development of assessments based on learning styles [+W]
• Learning styles have been used in education for classifying students by their preferences for taking in, processing, and demonstrating information [+W]
• Learning styles impact teachers, pedagogy, student engagement, and assessment in K-12 education [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Enhanced multiple-choice (EMC) questions with up to ten answers, graded correctness, and partial credit

Examples¶

• Adapt student assessment using technology-enhanced items developed based on students' learning styles

Key Sources¶

• Deborah Adkins, Meg Guerreiro. (2018). Learning styles: Considerations for technology enhanced item design: Learning styles. British Journal of Educational Technology 49(10). https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/learning-styles-considerations-for-technology-enhanced-item-design-learning-styles/