An algorithm for automatic difficulty level estimation of multimedia mathematical test items

Proceedings - The 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 175-179

  Cheng, Irene ^a,b   Shen, Rui ^b   Basu, Anup ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; FITTED VALUES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES; LINEAR REGRESSION EQUATIONS; TEST DATA;

EDUCATION; ESTIMATION; FOOD PROCESSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; TESTING;

LINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 51849135492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2008.105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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