Reform of Traditional Examination Mode —— Development of Computer Online English Examination System

Using computer information technology and network technology, a computer online examination system is developed, which changes the traditional examination mode and realizes the separation of teaching and examination. The collection and processing of examination questions and students' information has been standardized, standardized and scientific, which provides a feasible and reliable way to ensure the quality of distance teaching examination, and then lays the foundation for the reform of teaching content and teaching methods.

Keywords: examination method; Reform; Examination system; exploit

With the rapid expansion of adult higher education, the number of students enrolled is also increasing year by year. Facing the new demand of education development, how to take effective measures to ensure the quality of teaching has become a concern of education administrative departments, adult higher education managers and teachers, and the public.

First, the background and content of system development

1. System development background

English is an important basic course in adult education, accounting for about 10% of the total class hours. All colleges and universities attach great importance to English teaching in adult education, and regard the quality of English education as the main index to measure and evaluate the quality of talent training in a school. As far as Tianjin University is concerned, there are nearly 9,000 students in adult higher education, including about 5,000 at the undergraduate level. More than one third of these students are correspondence students, who are distributed in 25 correspondence stations in 15 provinces and cities nationwide. The college employs more than 20 teachers to undertake English teaching tasks every year, and also invests a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to organize English exams. In this context, how to ensure that all students' English level can meet the basic requirements of the syllabus and measure it with the same scale is a key problem that the Adult Education College has been trying to solve for many years. Based on this reality and the need of development, the English question bank and question bank management system, online examination system and test paper analysis system are developed by using computer information technology and network technology. The separation of English teaching and examination, standardized and scientific collection and processing of examination questions and students' information provide a feasible and reliable way to ensure the quality of distance teaching examination, and further lay the foundation for the reform of English teaching content and teaching methods.

2. Main contents

According to the actual needs of English teaching and teaching management, the conditions and available resources for developing this system are discussed. The research and development of "Computer Online English Examination System" is divided into two parts: "English Item Bank Subsystem" and "Online Examination Information Subsystem". According to the logical relationship of users, the system is modularized from three aspects: students, teachers and administrators.

After trial operation, all the indexes of the "Computer Online English Examination System" developed by our college have met the design requirements: the network runs fast, the interface is friendly, clear and intuitive, the operation is simple, the function is rich, and the help information is comprehensive. The convenience of users is fully considered, which fills the gap in the online examination of English courses for adult higher education in China, and has high practical value and significant promotion value.

Second, the reform of examination method is the starting point to test the teaching effect.

English, as a compulsory basic course for college students, has different teaching contents and clear teaching requirements at each level of educational objectives, which has become an important part of building the knowledge structure of talents and plays an important role. Achieving these goals requires the joint efforts of teachers, students and administrators. Therefore, our college attaches great importance to the improvement of English teaching level and has taken a series of measures: unifying teaching syllabus, unifying teaching materials and implementing unified English examination. However, due to the particularity of adult education, English teaching is basically appointed by various colleges. The traditional examination method is influenced by time, personnel, human factors and financial resources, so it is difficult to effectively control and evaluate the teaching quality.

From a practical point of view, it is possible to fundamentally solve this problem by grasping the key link of examination as a starting point. After investigation, summary and analysis, English teachers and correspondence department of Night University put forward the idea of developing "computer online English examination system for adult higher education", which completely solved the problem of traditional examination in time and space. This idea was quickly fully affirmed and supported by the leaders of the college, and was included in the research topic of the school's educational reform project.

Thirdly, the inevitability and necessity of developing "computer online English examination system"

From the foreign language teaching practice of adult higher education in our school, it is the only way and development direction to establish a "computer online English examination system" to improve teaching quality and school efficiency; Second, computer information technology and communication network technology are applied to English teaching reform, and the innovation of examination methods is the need to realize the diversification of talent training; The third is to improve the inevitable trend of education and teaching management from macro to micro, and provide objective, accurate and necessary information for leaders at all levels to master teaching trends and make timely decisions.

Fourth, the role of "computer online English testing system"

1. Complete the composition of English test paper according to different requirements, improve the reliability and validity of English proposition, and improve the efficiency of proposition;

2. Realize English online examination, and make English examination more standardized and scientific;

3. Feedback students' study and examination in time, help students improve their learning methods and determine the direction of their efforts;

4. Master and be able to test the teaching effect of teachers in time, so that teachers can understand and master the actual level of students in time, help teachers improve teaching and improve teaching quality.

5. It is helpful to promote the reform of teaching content and teaching methods and improve the teaching management system.

6. It is helpful for managers to understand the basic situation of teachers' teaching and provide an important basis for evaluating and hiring teachers and strengthening the construction of teaching staff.

Five, the system composition and function of "Computer Online English Test System".

The computer online English examination system adopts B/S structure, the background database of the system adopts SQLserver2000, and the front end uses ASP to ensure that the system is safe, reliable, efficient, accurate and easy to maintain.

The system is mainly composed of three functional modules: students, teachers and administrators, and the users of each module have their own permissions. The main functions of the student module include: registering personal information, modifying registered information, taking exams, and inquiring your own exam results. The main functions of the teacher module include: registering, modifying registration information, setting exams, inquiring scores, and modifying the question bank (which requires special permissions and is given by the administrator). The main functions of the administrator module include: unified management of students, teachers, exams, question banks, colleges and other information. The system has a wide range of applications and comprehensive functions. Teachers can set the type, quantity, score and test time of test questions for different colleges, different levels and different majors. The system has the functions of randomly extracting test questions from the question bank according to the teacher's settings, automatically generating test papers, automatically marking papers, and immediately evaluating scores. At the same time, complete the storage of grades, which can be queried according to class classification; The system can automatically complete the analysis of each test score, providing the highest score, the lowest score, the average score, the number of people absent from the test and the number of people in each score section; The system automatically sets the clock, and candidates can choose to hand in papers in advance, but with the end of the exam, the system automatically submits them; The system has clear interface and simple operation, and automatically generates a prompt window before or during the exam to help candidates successfully complete the exam. The system has large capacity and upgrade function. The number of test questions, registered students and registered teachers can reach 2 1 100 million records respectively.

The uniqueness of the middle school number in the student module and the design that the registration is certified by the administrator prevent some misoperation and malicious operation. Candidates' instructions, tips before the exam and five-minute tips before the exam have played a very good role in the smooth progress of students' exams.

The system has been applied in practice, and students generally reflect well in the examination process. The question setting is comprehensive, with outstanding characteristics, which meets the requirements of the outline. The topic closely revolves around the teaching materials, which is different from the social examination system. Because the test paper is randomly selected by the system, it is impossible to cope with the exam by rote, so it puts forward higher requirements for the cultivation of students' comprehensive ability. The interface of the system design is friendly, clear and concise, which avoids students' distraction and affects the examination effect. After reading the article under understanding, the original text of the article is displayed in a new window on the screen, which is more convenient for students to answer questions. The answer form of the test paper is novel and more in line with the humanized design. After the exam, the system immediately gives the students' answer scores, which overcomes many disadvantages of students' inquiring scores after the previous exam.

The teacher registration information in the teacher module is helpful to the teacher management in teaching management, and also provides a guarantee for the use of the system. In particular, considering the large number of foreign teachers and the limited use rights of teachers, the safety and convenience of use are considered for users. In the query result option, it also has the statistical analysis function of each exam, which greatly improves the statistical analysis efficiency of each exam. Reporting the number of students who are absent from the exam in statistical analysis can keep abreast of the students' application. All levels of adult higher education in our school are considered in the design of teachers' questions and question banks. Teachers can change the exam password at any time according to the progress of the exam after giving questions, and have made careful consideration on the organization of the exam and the confidentiality of the exam questions.

The administrator module is more convenient for system management. In the process of operation, the computer room administrator or educational administrator can be arranged for direct management, which is convenient for system operation and maintenance and solves the embarrassing situation that users cannot do without programmers.

The system can set the test clock and randomly select test questions, which can greatly reduce the work intensity of invigilators, prevent cheating and make the test more fair and just.

The use of this system can make the examination time of adult students more flexible and convenient for candidates. The examination can be completed within the specified time period, which changes the previous examination mode and is more suitable for the characteristics of adult higher education.

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