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Thesis Type: Postgraduate
Institution Of The Thesis: Uludağ Üniversitesi, Turkey
Approval Date: 2015
Thesis Language: Turkish
Student: FEVZİ BAŞAL
Supervisor: ERHAN ŞENGEL
Abstract:The purpose of this study is to reveal 6th grade students' opinions about multiple-choice, authentic and simulation-based assessment exams aiming to measure similar gains. The research was conducted in a mixed model design in which both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The difference between pretest and posttest treated groups was tested by Kruskal-Wallis test due to the abnormal distribution of the data. Among posttest groups, a significant difference was only found between authentic (60.76) and simulation-based (46.24) exam mean rank scores. Students' opinions concerning different assessment methods were obtained by using interview method. Interviews were conducted with randomly selected 20 out of 159 students who participated in the final test. The points noticeable in students' opinions are that they feel more successful in the authentic exam, the multiple-choice exam appears to be easy due to the luck factor and the simulation-based exam has a strong feedback feature. Apart from these methods, students proposed a blended model whereby authentic and simulation-based assessments as well as multiple-choice tests are performed together.