Volume 1
Volume 1, Number 51 |
December 31, 2003 |
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Tao Li
Samuel E. Sambasivam
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Abstract: Assessing the difficulty of an exercise question is a subjective process and is usually done by the instructor based on experience. An accurate assessment of the difficulty of exercise and exam questions is important and will help to better allocate credits to assignments and exams. Our contribution is in defining a relatively objective approach to assessing question difficulties. Our approach applies to courses in many disciplines and can be automated with computer software.
Keywords: intelligent tutor, automatic question generation, difficulty assessment, Java, guided problem solving
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Recommended Citation: Li and Sambasivam (2003). Question Difficulty Assessment in Intelligent Tutor Systems for Computer Architecture. Information Systems Education Journal, 1 (51). http://isedj.org/1/51/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2003: §4112. ISSN: 1542-7382.)