GaCiTa -The Google Spreadsheet Add-on for Classical Items and Test Analysis: Development and Evaluation Study

Year 2019, Volume: 8 Issue: 4, 1069 - 1081, 20.12.2019

Mehmet Tekdal

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate
Cloud-based The Google Spreadsheet Add-on for Classical Items and
Test Analysis  (GaCiTa) software, which is prepared in order to
improve the ability of students to perform item  and test analysis in the measurement
and evaluation course, according to the opinions of pre-service teachers. The
sample of the study consisted of 114 pre-service teachers who had previously
taken the measurement and evaluation course. The standardized interview form
was used to collect data. The collected data were analyzed by Nvivo 12
software. The results of this study revealed significant positive opinions
about GaCiTA software. According to this result, it can be said that the use of
the software in measurement and evaluation courses will contribute to the
students. 

Keywords

GaCiTa Software, Measurement & Evaluation, Item and Test Analysis, Psychometric Testing

Project Number

SBA-2018-9355

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