Open AccessUsing an Online Numeracy Practice Test to Support Education Students for the Numeracy Component of the LANTITE
Author(s) -
Thuan Thai,
Kate Hartup,
Adelle Colbourn,
Amanda Yeung
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the australian journal of teacher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1835-517X
pISSN - 0313-5373
DOI - 10.14221/ajte.2021v46n9.5
Subject(s) - numeracy , accreditation , test (biology) , mathematics education , literacy , medical education , component (thermodynamics) , psychology , pedagogy , medicine , paleontology , physics , biology , thermodynamics
In Australia, teacher education students must pass the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) to meet accreditation requirements. Although this has been mandated since 2016, there are currently few resources available for students to use in preparation for the test. To help students prepare for the numeracy component of the LANTITE, we developed an online Numeracy Practice Test (NPT) through the institution’s learning management system. This study assessed the learning analytics from the NPT between students who subsequently passed the numeracy component of the LANTITE with those that failed. Our results show that students who passed performed significantly better in the NPT, had fewer attempts, spent less time on the NPT, and accessed it closer to the date of the LANTITE, which demonstrate students’ ability to self-assess the level of support required.