Computer Aided Teaching Testing CATT Stands for Computer
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Computer Aided Teaching & Testing
CATT • Stands for “Computer Aided Teaching & Testing “ • The CATT program is designed to produce flexible learning environment for the students • The CATT program is available through the web page • It is a User Friendly Teaching, Teaching Learning & Self Testing Environment • It generates unlimited questions for self testing • Students can access the course material via the web at any time & from any place at their convenience.
CATT (Introduction) • This is a programme that is user friendly to both the Lecturers & Students; provides management of courses; assists the students to students in a more effective way; and imposes minimial cost on students.
CATT (Introduction) contd. . • The aim of the program is also to design a programme that is user friendly & widely available as a web based application tailored to specific needs of the students in the course.
The Teaching Learning Aspects • The teaching learning aspect of Catt program consists of : worked examples, glossary of definitions & additional course notes to help students reinforce their understanding & learning.
The Teaching Learning Aspects (contd. . ) • The learning aspects consists of Quizzes & Self Tests. • Eg: Web CT allows a time limit to be set for each quiz & marking is immediate & automatic. – The programme will record results, answers & solutions to students immediately after they have finished their quizzes. – This immediate feedback is a great help in learning.
The Teaching Learning Aspects (contd. . ) • Self Tests are exercises for students to practice at their own pace & no time limit is imposed. • A strong point of self test process is it generates random questions. • Students are presented with one question at a time, on submitting their answers MAPLE (a mathematical s/w )checks for correctness & displays the results.
Conclusion • CATT programme provides a flexible learning environment for the students, while reducing the need for a great deal of human resource in course management process. • Lecturers producing course materials in feature can use the templates that have been created. • Students using the program need minimal computer skills.
