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        <journal-title>Workshop on Cloud Technologies in Education, December</journal-title>
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        <article-title>Computerized adaptive testing in educational electronic environment of maritime higher education institutions</article-title>
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          <string-name>Olena S. Diahyleva</string-name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <string-name>Igor V. Gritsuk</string-name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <string-name>Olena Y. Kononova</string-name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <string-name>Alona Y. Yurzhenko</string-name>
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          <institution>Kherson State Maritime Academy</institution>
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          <addr-line>20 Ushakova Ave., Kherson, 73009</addr-line>
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          <country country="UA">Ukraine</country>
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          <institution>Maritime College of Kherson State Maritime Academy</institution>
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          <addr-line>19/2 Ushakova Ave., Kherson, 73000</addr-line>
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          <country country="UA">Ukraine</country>
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      <pub-date>
        <year>2020</year>
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      <volume>18</volume>
      <issue>2020</issue>
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      <lpage>0003</lpage>
      <abstract>
        <p>The article is devoted to the organization of modern learning process, namely the use of innovative technologies - computerized adaptive testing in educational electronic environment of maritime higher education institutions. The example of educational electronic environment is presented in the article on LMS Moodle. The provided new technological and methodological opportunities are a priority in the developed methods of control and testing of knowledge, skills and abilities of students. Comparative characteristic of using computerized adaptive testing in educational electronic environment is given in the article according to diferent criteria: the role of tests in the learning process; methods of training; equipment; presence of the problems in educational process; level of its control and learning outcomes. The paper also presents examples of activities to form communicative competency of future maritime professionals. Types of adaptive tests are listed in the paper. The research activities were done by second year cadets of ship engineering department of Maritime College of Kherson State Maritime Academy. The experiment was devoted to the formation of communicative competence with the help of electronic environment of maritime higher education institution. The results of experiment proved positive impact of computerized adaptive testing on communicative competence of future ship engineers. Further investigation of adaptive testing can also be done for learning system of maritime education establishments using simulation technologies of virtual, augmented and mixed realities.</p>
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        <kwd>eol&gt;distance learning</kwd>
        <kwd>educational electronic environment</kwd>
        <kwd>maritime higher education</kwd>
        <kwd>LMS Moodle</kwd>
        <kwd>computerized adaptive testing</kwd>
        <kwd>English for specific purposes</kwd>
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      <title>1. Introduction</title>
      <p>
        An important role in the organization of the educational process is played by the use of the
modern information technologies in the process of selection, accumulation, systematization
and transfer of knowledge. The provided new technological and methodological opportunities
are a priority in the developed methods of control and testing of knowledge, skills and abilities
of students [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1">1</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>
        One of the tools for managing the learning process is test control [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2">2, 3</xref>
        ]. That is why one of
the problems that require priority attention is to improve the testing process, to increase its
eficiency.
      </p>
      <p>Computer testing can be used in three ways: computer testing as an alternative form of test
presentation (options, and, consequently, the order of presentation of tasks are fixed); computer
testing with automatic generation of diferent test options (options are formed automatically
from the existing set of tasks according to the rules set by the developer); computer adaptive
testing (for each subject in the testing process an individual set of tasks is formed) [4].</p>
      <p>Adaptive testing is generally adequate to modern trends in distance education and opens up
new opportunities for improving the eficiency of educational processes [5].</p>
      <p>Our common educational model of adaptive school is based, in fact, on the general ideas
of adaptive learning and adaptive knowledge control [6, 7]. The origins of this approach can
be traced back to the pedagogical works of Comenius [8], Pestalozzi et al. [9] and Diesterweg
[10]. At the center of their pedagogical systems was the Student. In their works, they called
for starting teaching with what the student stopped to study, because without the “knowledge
base” it is impossible to learn new material further. Insuficient awareness of the real level of
knowledge of students and their ability to assimilate the proposed knowledge, have become the
main reason for the emergence of adaptive systems based on the principle of individualization
of learning, so this principle cannot be implemented in traditional, classroom form [11].</p>
      <p>
        Analyzing recent research, we can see many scientists who have dealt with the problem
of implementing adaptive tests in the educational process. Modern researchers related to the
problem of adaptive testing include Albano et al. [12], Austin et al. [13], Cetin-Berber et al. [14],
Collares and Cecilio-Fernandes [15], Istiyono et al. [16], Kang et al. [17], Kozmina et al. [18],
Lin and Chang [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref3">19</xref>
        ], Paap et al. [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref4">20</xref>
        ], Samsudin et al. [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref5">21</xref>
        ], van der Linden and Choi [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref6">22</xref>
        ], van der
Linden and Ren [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref7">23</xref>
        ], Wang et al. [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref8">24</xref>
        ], Yasuda et al. [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref9">25</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>
        Bradác and Klimes [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref10">26</xref>
        ] created a model of adaptive e-learning system for significant
optimisation of language learning with the primary focus on the English language, which is
based on using Learning management systems (LMS). Created by them adaptive system for
decision-making support enables automated creation of study variants which are suited to each
individual student’s needs, which current LMSs do not enable.
      </p>
      <p>
        Souki et al. [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref11">27</xref>
        ] have placed an emphasis on preferred ways of studying. Scientists provided
evidence about the potential of the framework in increasing specific aspects of self-regulated
learning and students’ performance.
      </p>
      <p>
        The use of adaptive testing is usually possible in personalized learning. Thus, Balogh et al.
[
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref12">28</xref>
        ] dealing with the way of personalizing the teaching of IT subjects from the point of view of
a constructivist approach towards the learner proposed their e-course creation methodology
that fulfils the assumptions to personalize the education.
      </p>
      <p>
        The study of Susanti et al. [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref13">29</xref>
        ] experimentally proved computerised adaptive tests’ advantages
comparing with the baseline, a linear test.
      </p>
      <p>
        However, the study of computerized adaptive testing in the training of maritime professionals
(teaching English for professional purposes) has not been fully implemented [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref14">30</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>Therefore, the purpose of this work is to analyze the content of tests and results of computer
testing of students to assess the efectiveness of this type of teaching and improve testing
methods in teaching English for professional purposes.</p>
      <p>The tasks of our work include the following: description of types of adaptive testing, examples
of adaptive testing, analysis of its advantages and disadvantages, evaluation of testing.</p>
    </sec>
    <sec id="sec-2">
      <title>2. Methods</title>
      <p>The participants of this research are a total of 90 cadets (male) aged 17–18 from Ukrainian
maritime education establishment (Maritime College of Kherson State Maritime Academy).
They are cadets of three departments: navigation, ship engineering and electrical engineering
one.</p>
      <p>
        The participants of the research were asked to study in an educational electronic environment
including study on Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle and its activities (Forum, Chat,
Lesson, Assignment). The materials to be used on LMS Moodle e-course are from “Welcome
Aboard: course book” created by English teachers of Kherson State Maritime Academy [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref15">31</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>A range of interrelated methods was used to solve the formulated tasks for achieving the
goal and verification the hypothesis:
• theoretical: terminological analysis – to define the basic concepts of the investigation
“communicative competence”, “gamification approach”; analysis and generalization of
these concepts from the standpoint of diferent scientific approaches; synthesis,
comparison and generalization of theoretical provisions, normative documents, and experience
of teaching English in a professional direction by future ship engineers to determine
the most appropriate approaches for solving the problem; generalization of
scientifictheoretical and practical data for scientific substantiation of structural training of future
ship engineers; modeling for the development of a structural model for the formation
of foreign language communicative competence of future ship engineers based on a
gamification approach;
• empirical: pedagogical monitoring of the state of preparation of future ship engineers for
professional activity in order to identify the levels of the specified training, experimental
verification of efectiveness developed methods of forming foreign language
communicative competence of future ship engineers on the basis of a gamification approach
and pedagogical conditions of its implementation; interviewing; questionnaires; analysis
results of sea practices;
• statistical: methods of mathematical statistics in order to analyze experimental research
data and their interpretation.</p>
    </sec>
    <sec id="sec-3">
      <title>3. Results</title>
      <p>
        Computer adaptive tests, which are a fast and quite efective way to measure the level of learning,
are becoming more and more widely used for input diagnostic, intermediate and final testing
[
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref16">32</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>To determine the level of knowledge of the student, you can conduct initial testing, and then
conduct a control test with questions of this level. This type of adaptive tests is more appropriate
to conduct at the initial stage of studying the topic, in order to diagnose the initial level of
knowledge of the student, and further correction by presenting tasks of optimal complexity.</p>
      <p>
        Currently, there are three options for forming an adaptive test. The first one is pyramidal,
when without a preliminary assessment, each student is given a task of medium dificulty and
then, depending on the answer, the next task is formed, the scale of which is lower or higher by
2 times [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref17">33</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>
        When creating computerized adaptive testing of this type, we use LMS Moodle [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref18">34</xref>
        ], which
supports the “Lesson” activity. This activity allows to create a single task (add a page with data),
and after the answer to move to the next page with a question that will depend on the answer
provided by the student.
      </p>
      <p>
        The example of a test of this kind in the author’s electronic course LMS Moodle is illustrated
below. The first page of the test consists of a task (Read the case and choose the correct answer
to the question below), quasi-professional situations, the authentic text of which was taken
from the Internet newspaper, the question (What has crewmembers of Pacific Express done
while pirates attack? Where their actions correct or not?), Four possible answers and the scale
of progress that is element of gamification and reflects the percentage of correctly completed
tasks [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref19">35</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>Depending on the chosen answer, the next page, if the answer is correct, will have the text of
the next question and four possible answers to it. The example of the second page can be seen
in figure 2.</p>
      <p>
        If the answer to the question is incorrect, then the next page contains a repetition of the
text, a simpler question (What type of ship was attacked by pirates?) and fewer options for
answering it [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref20">36</xref>
        ]. Figure 3 shows the page with incorrect answer.
      </p>
      <p>
        The second method (flexy level) initially uses any level of dificulty, gradually selecting
the appropriate one for the student [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref21">37</xref>
        ]. Using the “Lesson” activity of LMS Moodle when
creating the first page of the test and the question to it, the average level of dificulty is selected.
Teacher manages settings of “Lesson” activities: progress bar – to see student’s progress while
completion; ongoing score – to know the grade to pass; menu – to choose previous page any
minute. He also provides the option to try a question again, chooses maximum number of
attempts, restricts the access, links this activity with previous one.
      </p>
      <p>
        The linked media chosen by teacher is instructions on how to use “Lesson” activities. The
maximum number of answers is four. The time limit is 60 minutes. The activity is attempted
ofline using the mobile application. Students are allowed to review. There is a special setting
called Competencies which allows teacher to connect the activity with course competencies
from Competency framework. Competency framework allows teacher to add the list of
competencies added by an administrator from Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping
international convention and IMO Model course 3.17 Maritime English [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref22">38</xref>
        ]. Competency
framework also has progress bar where students see the list of activities needed to achieve
competencies of the course.
      </p>
      <p>When a student answers the questions created by teacher correctly all the time, the questions
become more dificult.</p>
      <p>
        If a student makes a mistake at least once, the questions become easier. In the third stratified
method (stratified adaptive) tasks are taken from the bank of tasks, divided by levels of dificulty.
If the answer is correct, the next task is taken from the upper level, if it is incorrect, it is taken
from the lower level [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref23">39</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>
        Distinctive features of adaptive testing in comparison with other forms of testing are the
following: each subject receives his own set of tasks, so the content and length of the test may
difer for diferent subjects; each subject is evaluated individually (at his level) with a minimum
measurement error [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref24">40</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>The example of a stratification testing method on LMS Moodle “Lesson” activity where a
student can choose his level of knowledge about burns by himself can be seen in figure 4.</p>
      <p>
        Such tests have advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of adaptive tests include a
reduction in testing time, as the student may be presented with far fewer tasks. At the same
time diagnostic possibilities are not reduced. High measurement accuracy is also achieved. The
reliability of test results in this case is the highest. Also, these tests allow flexible and accurate
measurement of students’ knowledge, identify topics that are poorly known and allow you to
ask them a number of additional questions [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref25">41</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>
        Disadvantages include the fact that it is not known in advance how many questions need to
be asked to determine the level of knowledge of the student; if the student did not answer all
the questions, then you can evaluate the result by the number of questions answered. can be
used only on a computer [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref26">42</xref>
        ]. Another important question that arises when using monitoring
programs is the question of how to evaluate the results. There are diferent assessment methods
for adaptive testing [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref27">43</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>The first method is when the assessment is based on the number of correctly performed tasks,
without taking into account their complexity. For example, if a student performed correctly
from 0–40% of tasks – “unsatisfactory”, from 40–70% of tasks – “satisfactory”, from 70–90% of
tasks – “good”, and more than 90% – “excellent”.</p>
      <p>The second method is when first all the questions are broken down by levels of dificulty
and the correct implementation of the next level (in the presence of previous ones) leads to an
increase of 1 point (if we talk about the traditional five-point grading system). This method takes
into account the quality of the test and makes it possible to somehow diferentiate students,
even with insuficient adequacy of the test material.</p>
      <p>
        When grading by the third method, the best result among the test participants is taken into
account, which is evaluated as “excellent”, and all other marks are already set taking into account
this result [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref28">44</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>
        The fourth method, as well as the second, is based on the initial distribution of all questions
by levels of complexity, each of which has its own assessment. And in contrast to the second
method, which is taught immediately determined by the level of complexity that he can and
works within this level. At correct performance of all tasks the corresponding estimation is
exposed. If the number of incorrect answers exceeds 30%, the level of complexity is reduced
[
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref29">45</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>
        When testing, three criteria of test quality are taken into account: reliability, validity,
objectivity. The reliability index is characterized by the accuracy and stability of the measurement
results using the test with its repeated use. In order for the test to really perform its functions,
it is also necessary that its compliance with the requirement of “validity”, e.g. the reflection of
the scientific content of the discipline and its suitability to serve as a means of measurement.
The most common reasons for the invalidity of control: there is a write-of, hint, “teaching”
tutors, indulgence, excessive demands, the use of any method in the absence of appropriate
conditions [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref30">46</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>
        In order to increase the validity of pedagogical control, expert assessments of control material
are usually used. Objectivity – a criterion that combines reliability, validity and a number of
aspects of psychological, pedagogical, ethical, value nature. When developing this test, all these
requirements must be taken into account, but the final conclusions can be made only after its
repeated practical application [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref31">47</xref>
        ].
      </p>
    </sec>
    <sec id="sec-4">
      <title>4. Discussion</title>
      <p>The analysis of scientific knowledge and pedagogical practice demonstrates that the student’s
tests can be efective. By analyzing the data of success after using the tests in the electronic
course, one can observe that the current state of formation of the communicative competence of
future ship engineers of the 2nd year 2019–2020 Maritime College of KSMA is better compared
with 2018–2019 academic year.</p>
      <p>According to the results, we see an increase in the success (by 17%) and knowledge quality
(by 9%). Qualitative indicator of success was taken as the number of students by “good” and
“very good” multiplied by 100% and divided by the total number of students. An absolute success
indicator was taken as number of students by “good”, “very good” and “suficient” multiplied by
100% and divided by the total number of students.</p>
      <p>The data was taken from the processing of control testing results on LMS Moodle of Kherson
State Maritime Academy (Stop and checks activities and Progress tests). Stop and check is
testing conducted by the end of every module. Progress tests are conducted twice a semester.</p>
      <p>The surveys conducted by cadets of Kherson State Maritime Academy were created by
English teachers in Google forms. Links to the surveys were located in LMS Moodle English for
professional purpose courses. The results of survey have showed the following data graphically
represented in figure 6.</p>
      <p>
        The cadets were asked to answer few questions on the usefulness of new system of
computerized adaptive testing on e-course of English for specific purpose. The course contained
adaptive tests of the following topics: First aid on board; Emergency situations onboard a vessel;
Lifesaving appliances and their use; Marine Environment and its protection; Maritime security.
The computerized adaptive tests were located on LMS Moodle with the help of Lesson activity
which enables a teacher to deliver content and/or practice activities in interesting and flexible
way. Teacher can also create ‘branching’ exercises where students are presented with content
and then, depending on their responses, are directed to specific pages. The content may be text
or multimedia [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref32">48</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>According to survey results the biggest part of students find adaptive testing useful and
comfortable for English for specific purpose studying.</p>
    </sec>
    <sec id="sec-5">
      <title>5. Conclusions</title>
      <p>Today, learning through the use of computer technology has a number of features that
significantly distinguish it from the traditional. Studies have shown that the use of adaptive computer
testing technologies can reduce testing time by 50–60%, helps to individualize each test and get
a more accurate assessment of knowledge and skills. The tasks ofered to the student become
more complex gradually and ideally suit his knowledge and skills, increasing his motivation to
pass the test.</p>
      <p>The expediency of adaptive control follows from the need to streamline traditional testing.
Every teacher understands that a well-prepared student does not need to be given easy tasks, as
they do not have significant developmental potential. Similarly, due to the high probability of
the wrong decision, it makes no sense to give dificult tasks to a weak student. It is known that
dificult and very dificult tasks reduce the learning motivation of many students.</p>
      <p>The use of tasks that correspond to the level of preparedness significantly increases the
accuracy of measurements and minimizes the time of individual testing to about 5–10 minutes.
Adaptive testing allows to provide computer delivery of tasks at the optimal, approximately
50% level of probability of the correct answer.</p>
      <p>We see the prospects for our further research in this direction in the study of adaptive testing
in the system of in-depth learning.
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