A usability comparison of PDA-based quizzes and paper-and-pencil quizzes |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Industrial Engineering, North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695, USA;2. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331, USA;1. NICU and Animal Lab, Dept of Paediatrics, University Hospital of Salamanca, Paseo de San Vicente182, 37007 Salamanca, Spain;2. Division of Paediatrics and Neonatal Critical Care, FAME Dept, South Paris University Hospitals, Medical Center “A.Béclère”-APHP, 157 rue de la Porte de Trivaux, 92140 Clamart, Paris, France;3. Lab of Clinical Molecular Biology, Dept of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital “A.Gemelli”, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, L.go A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Roma, Italy;4. Molecular Genetics and Pharmacogenetics Unit, Dept of Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital of Salamanca, Pase de San Vicente182, 37007 Salamanca, Spain;5. Research Unit on BioActive Molecules, Dept. of Biomedicinal Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Chemistry, Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain;1. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Nonferrous Metals and Specific Materials Processing, College of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China;2. Department of Machine Intelligence and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Systems Engineering, Akita Prefectural University, Yurihonjo City, Akita 015-0055, Japan;1. FD Stephens Surgical Research Laboratory, Murdoch Children''s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia;2. Urology Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, 3052 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;3. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia;4. Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Australia;5. Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | In the last few years, schools and universities have incorporated personal digital assistants (PDAs) into their teaching curricula in an attempt to enhance students’ learning experience and reduce instructors’ workload. One of the most common uses of PDAs in the classroom is as a test administrator. This study compared the usability effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction of a PDA-based quiz application to that of standard paper-and-pencil quizzes in a university course. Effectiveness was measured as students’ quiz scores and through a mental workload questionnaire; efficiency was the time it took students to complete each quiz; and satisfaction was evaluated using a subjective user satisfaction questionnaire. The study showed the PDA-based quiz to be more efficient, that is, students completed it in less time than they needed to complete the paper-and-pencil quiz. No differences in effectiveness and satisfaction were found between the two quiz types. Computer anxiety was not affected by the quiz type. For these reasons, as well as other advantages to both students (e.g., real-time scoring) and teachers (e.g., less time spent on grading), PDAs are an attractive test administration option for schools and universities. |
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