Development and Evaluation of Fill in Multiple Blank Questions as an Effective Tool in Online Autograded Assessments

Jimoh Tijani^1,

¹Department of General Studies, Jubail Industrial College, P. O. Box 10099, Jubail Industrial City 31961, Saudi Arabia

Cite this paper:
Jimoh Tijani. Development and Evaluation of Fill in Multiple Blank Questions as an Effective Tool in Online Autograded Assessments. American Journal of Educational Research. 2018; 6(12):1715-1718. doi: 10.12691/education-6-12-19

Abstract

This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of fill in multiple blanks questions (FIMBQs) in an online auto-graded homework assessments. Different forms of questions that are either numerical or words or both were developed. Results analysis provided feedbacks for formative assessment of teaching and learning.

Keywords:
online-homework auto-graded assessments Fill in Multiple blanks blackboard questions feedbacks

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