Story-linked item design in tablet-based assessment for preschool children: Insights from testing
African Journal of Psychological Assessment
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Story-linked item design in tablet-based assessment for preschool children: Insights from testing | |
| Creator | Marais, Rivca Stroud, Louise Foxcroft, Cheryl Cronje, Johan Jansen, Jennifer | |
| Description | This article provides a rationale for exploring the use of tablet-based assessment of children between the ages of 3 years and 5 years. The purpose of the study was to gain insights from young children’s digital test-taking performances and experiences to inform the digitalisation of developmental tests. A mixed method design was followed to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. Animated tablet-based items following a storyline were field-tested on a sample of 60 South African children. Results support the viability of a story-linked, tablet-based gamification approach for assessing children 5 years and under, and emphasise the need for documented strategies and item examples to guide innovative developmental assessment. Digital items showed a degree of responsiveness to various factors, suggesting a potential influence on test taking performance which contributes to the necessity of re-imagining item and test development in the digital age.Contribution: This study departed from the conventional path of following the predictable and conservative approach of test development taken so far of merely adapting existing measures to a digital format. By empirically assessing the efficacy of newly developed items designed specifically for a digital format, this article addressed the intersection of technology and psychological assessment of the preschool child in a South African context. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2024-05-28 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ajopa.v6i0.154 | |
| Source | African Journal of Psychological Assessment; Vol 6 (2024); 10 pages 2617-2798 2707-1618 | |
| Language | eng | |
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