While exam-style questions are a fundamental educational tool serving a variety of
purposes, manual construction of questions is a complex process that requires training …

In this article we give a brief overview of the theory behind the formal concept analysis, a
novel method for data representation and analysis. From given tabular input data this …

Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are considered highly useful (being easy to take or mark)
but quite difficult to create and large numbers are needed to form valid exams and …

Recently, automatic question generation (AQG) has been researched extensively for
educational purposes. Existing approaches generally lack relevant information on the …

Ontologies with potential educational value are available in different domains. However, it is
still unclear how such ontologies can be exploited to generate useful instructional content …

Several attempts have already been made to automate the generation of assessment
questions. These attempts were mainly technical and lacked a theoretical backing. We …

The objective of this paper is to investigate the scope of OWL-DL ontologies in generating
multiple choice questions (MCQs) that can be employed for conducting large scale …

Abstract Ontology-based Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) generation has a relatively short
history. Many attempts have been carried out to develop methods to generate MCQs from …

Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are used ubiquitously; they are part of low stake, high
stake, paper-and-pencil as well as computerised examinations. Constructing high-quality …

This two-part study examined the impact of variation within item families and errors
associated with predicted item difficulty parameters on examinee test scores. Part A served …