University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Computer-Based Testing Facility

Research

C. Zilles, M. West, D. Mussulman, and T. Bretl, Making Testing Less Trying: Lessons Learned from Operating a Computer-Based Testing Facility, in Frontiers in Engineering (FIE), 2018.

C. Zilles, M. West, D. Mussulman, C. Sacris Student and Instructor Experiences with a Computer-Based Testing Facility in EDULEARN, 2018.

T. Nip, E. Gunter, G. Herman, J. Morphew, M. West, Using a Computer-based Testing Facility to Improve Student Learning in a Programming Languages and Compilers Course, in Proceedings of ACM SIG on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE’18), 568-573, 2018.

B. Chen, M. West, and C. Zilles, How much randomization is needed to deter collaborative cheating on asynchronous exams? in Proceedings of the Fourth ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, 2018.

B. Chen, M. West, and C. Zilles, Do Performance Trends Suggest Wide-spread Collaborative Cheating on Asynchronous Exams?, in Proceedings of the Fourth ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, 2017.

J. Bailey, M. West, and C.Zilles, Measuring Revealed Student Scheduling Preferences using Constrained Discrete Choice Models, in Proceedings of the 123rd American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE 2017), 2017.

M. West and C. Zilles, Modeling student scheduling preferences in a computer-based testing facility, in Proceedings of the Third ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale (L@S 2016), 309-312, 2016.

C. Zilles, M. West, and D. Mussulman, Student behavior in selecting an exam time in a computer-based testing facility, in Proceedings of the 123rd American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE 2016), Paper ID #16655, 2016.

C. Zilles, R. T. Deloatch, J. Bailey, B. B. Khattar, W. Fagen, C. Heeren, D. Mussulman, and M. West, Computerized testing: A vision and initial experiences, in Proceedings of the 122nd American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE 2015), 26.387.1-26.387.13, 2015.

M.West, G. L. Herman, and C. Zilles, PrairieLearn: Mastery-based online problem solving with adaptive scoring and recommendations driven by machine learning, in Proceedings of the 122nd American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition (ASEE 2015), 26.1238.1-26.1238.14, 2015.