The Proceedings of ISECON 2003: §4112    Home    Papers/Indices    prev (§4111)    Next (§4113) Sun, Nov 9, 8:00 - 8:30, Rio Vista B     Paper (refereed)     Leading Edge and Emerging Technologies Recommended Citation: Li, T and S E Sambasivam.  Question Difficulty Assessment in Intelligent Tutor Systems for Computer Architecture.  In The Proceedings of ISECON 2003, v 20 (San Diego): §4112. ISSN: 1542-7382. (Revised in Information Systems Education Journal 1(51). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

Question Difficulty Assessment in Intelligent Tutor Systems for Computer Architecture

Samuel E. Sambasivam    [a1] [a2]
Azusa Pacific University    [u1] [u2]
Azusa, California, USA    [c1] [c2]

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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