The purpose of this study was to develop a computerized test for young children.
For this purpose, a) the Pretest of Hwang Hae-Ik and Jo Hee-Soog(1992)'s Learning Potential Measurement Device(LPMD) was used to obtain data and b) subjects were teste...
The purpose of this study was to develop a computerized test for young children.
For this purpose, a) the Pretest of Hwang Hae-Ik and Jo Hee-Soog(1992)'s Learning Potential Measurement Device(LPMD) was used to obtain data and b) subjects were tested with both tests, a computerized LPMD-Pretest and the paper(original) LPMD-Pretest, to examine for possible differences between the two testing methods.
Subjects for this investigation 61 preschoolers, ranging from ages 5 to 6 (M = 69.7 months). All of the subjects were enrolled in P childcare center located in Pusan.
All of the subjects underwent an I.Q. Test with the KISC, thested with a computerized LPMD-Pretest and the paper LPMD-Pretest. Their reactions to the test were queried. Questionaire for parents was used to find out young children's knowledge of the computer.
The results of this study were as follows:
First, a computerized LPMD-Pretest was a companion piece to the LPMD-Pretest programmed in AUTHORWARE, a multimedia authoring tool, by the author.
Second, the application results of a computerized LPMD-Pretest and the paper LPMD-Pretest were the following: a) There was no significant difference in the scores on the computerized test among the young children's experience with computers. b) there was no significant difference between the scores on the paper LPMD-Pretest and a computerized LPMD-Pretest. c) the satisfaction of both test methods was shown that 100% young children were satisfied with a computerized LPMD-Pretest and 90.2% young children were satisfied with the paper LPMD-Pretest. d) The preference for this test method was 78.7% young children prefered a computerized LPMD-Pretest to the paper LPMD-Pretest, 9.8% young children prefered the paper LPMD-Pretest to a computerized LPMD-Pretest, and 9.8% young children liked boths tests.
Results of this study implied a possibility to develop a test medium along the computerized LPMD test model and to develop a computerized test for young children.