A study of score between Walk-in examination scores and final examination scores of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University’s student.

Abstract

Abstract

            This research was aimed to 1) compare the number of students who passed the final examination between passed the Walk-in examination group and final examination only group.   2) compare the average score between the Walk-in examination scores and the final examination scores of those who passed the Walk-in examination. This research uses secondary data from 8 semesters and the data consisting of data for students who failing in Walk-in examination and take the final examination 9,374 records and data for students who take final examination only 312,152 records. The research instruments included the form of recording test scores of students who passed the Walk-in examination and taking the final examination in the amount of 9,374 sets, and the form of the test scores of students who took the final examination only 312,152 sets. 

            The research results show the following findings. 1) Walk-in examination test has more average difficulty than final examination test in 50 subjects and almost every semester. This means that the final examination test is harder than the Walk-in examination test. 2) Students who pass the Walk-in examination can pass the examination more than students who took the final examination only in 41 subjects (82%) and lower than the students who only take the final exam in 9 subjects (18%) and 3) only students who pass the Walk-in examination when going to the final examination can get the average scores more than the average scores from the Walk-in examination, with the effect size is a plus of 40 subjects (80 percent) and the average score from the final examination is less than the average score from the Walk-in examination. Effect size is negative 10 sets of subjects (20 percent).

Keywords: Computer based Examination. Item Difficulty. Effect size. Average Scores.