Construction and selection of usefulness evaluation items

The purpose of this research was to construct a set of indicators or items that could measure the usefulness of mathematics courseware (MC). Usefulness is a quality attribute to which a person believes that using a particular MC would enhance students mathematical understanding of certain topics and...

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Main Authors: Sahari @ Ashaari, Noraidah, Mohamad Judi, Hairulliza, Abd Ghani, Abdul Azim, Selamat, Mohd Hasan, Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya
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Language:English
Published: North Atlantic Univeristy Union 2009
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author Sahari @ Ashaari, Noraidah
Mohamad Judi, Hairulliza
Abd Ghani, Abdul Azim
Selamat, Mohd Hasan
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description The purpose of this research was to construct a set of indicators or items that could measure the usefulness of mathematics courseware (MC). Usefulness is a quality attribute to which a person believes that using a particular MC would enhance students mathematical understanding of certain topics and engage them in learning activities. In order to construct the items, open ended survey forms were distributed to five mathematics courseware developers. They were asked to list down the essential factors and items that are important in a of good mathematics courseware. In parallel to that several mathematics courseware reviews and evaluation instruments were analyzed. Ultimately, the preliminary survey and literature-based produced a checklist with 85 items consisting of three factors, which were usability, functionality and efficiency and seven criteria which were ease of use, attractiveness, concepts presentation, assessment, reinforcement, accuracy and learning support material. The mapping of items according to their criteria and factors are discussed. The items were then reviewed by 10 experts in two rounds of content validity check. Finally 66 usefulness items from seven factors with reliability range between 0.723 to 0.911 were produced.
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spelling upm-144272019-04-08T08:38:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14427/ Construction and selection of usefulness evaluation items Sahari @ Ashaari, Noraidah Mohamad Judi, Hairulliza Abd Ghani, Abdul Azim Selamat, Mohd Hasan Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya The purpose of this research was to construct a set of indicators or items that could measure the usefulness of mathematics courseware (MC). Usefulness is a quality attribute to which a person believes that using a particular MC would enhance students mathematical understanding of certain topics and engage them in learning activities. In order to construct the items, open ended survey forms were distributed to five mathematics courseware developers. They were asked to list down the essential factors and items that are important in a of good mathematics courseware. In parallel to that several mathematics courseware reviews and evaluation instruments were analyzed. Ultimately, the preliminary survey and literature-based produced a checklist with 85 items consisting of three factors, which were usability, functionality and efficiency and seven criteria which were ease of use, attractiveness, concepts presentation, assessment, reinforcement, accuracy and learning support material. The mapping of items according to their criteria and factors are discussed. The items were then reviewed by 10 experts in two rounds of content validity check. Finally 66 usefulness items from seven factors with reliability range between 0.723 to 0.911 were produced. North Atlantic Univeristy Union 2009 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14427/1/Construction%20and%20selection%20of%20usefulness%20evaluation%20items.pdf Sahari @ Ashaari, Noraidah and Mohamad Judi, Hairulliza and Abd Ghani, Abdul Azim and Selamat, Mohd Hasan and Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya (2009) Construction and selection of usefulness evaluation items. International Journal of Education and Information Technologies, 1 (3). pp. 28-35. ISSN 2074-1316 http://www.naun.org/main/NAUN/educationinformation/2009.htm
spellingShingle Sahari @ Ashaari, Noraidah
Mohamad Judi, Hairulliza
Abd Ghani, Abdul Azim
Selamat, Mohd Hasan
Md. Yunus, Aida Suraya
Construction and selection of usefulness evaluation items
title Construction and selection of usefulness evaluation items
title_full Construction and selection of usefulness evaluation items
title_fullStr Construction and selection of usefulness evaluation items
title_full_unstemmed Construction and selection of usefulness evaluation items
title_short Construction and selection of usefulness evaluation items
title_sort construction and selection of usefulness evaluation items
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