Vol. 1 Issue 1 - 2024
The study determined the types and level of attitude exhibited by undergraduate freshers towards computer-based testing at the University of Ilesa. It examines freshers’ preferences, confidence, and anxiety, and investigates the rate at which gender influences students’ preferences. The researchers use a descriptive survey research design. Two thousand and fifty (2,050) first-year University of Ilesa undergraduates comprised the population. The research sample comprised two hundred and forty (240) undergraduate freshers chosen by a multi-stage sampling method. The data gathering tool was a questionnaire named “Questionnaire on Attitude of Undergraduate Freshers Towards Computer-based Testing”. Using simple Correlation and Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha, index of 78 and 73 were obtained, indicating that the instrument had both validity and reliability. The study issues were addressed by descriptive analysis of the data using frequencies, proportions, averages, and standard deviations. An independent-samples t-test was used to evaluate the hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance. The study found that 75.6% and 78.9% of undergraduates exhibited a high level of preference and confidence in computer-based testing, respectively. The study further showed that 60.6% of undergraduates exhibited a low level of anxiety towards computer-based testing. However, it was revealed that there was no significant gender difference between undergraduates’ preference towards computer-based tests (t = 0.897; p<0.05). The study concluded that undergraduate freshers of UNILESA have high levels of preference, confidence and low anxiety towards computer-based testing. The study recommended that the University of Ilesa should intensify efforts to improve the effectiveness of computer-based assessments' trustworthiness.
Technological Driven, Computer-Based Assessment, Testing, Attitudes of Undergraduate Stude
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