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Item Instigating an Online Game as Mathematics Learning Support Tool(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Pathiratne, S.Mathematics inculcation should be a compulsory subject at any caliber in a school. Mathematics can broadly be defined as the science of understanding and apperceiving patterns and relegating them predicated on numbers or well defined mathematical structures. The cognition process of mathematics promotes one’s analytical skills and critical cerebrating. Critical cerebrating is paramount to live a better life regardless of the nature of one’s employment. This paper fixates on the design, Instigating and evaluation of an online game for elementary and middle school mathematics. Its aim is twofold: (a) the development of the prototype of a flexible and adaptable computer game, and (b) the evaluation of this prototype, as to its usability and technical aspects. The particular computer game was engendered in an endeavor to facilitate the edification of mathematics, a subject that is often regarded as perplexed by students of all ages. Apart from the game, an administration website was additionally constructed, so that the inculcator can configure the game, without that requiring any programming skills. More concretely, the edifier can utilize the administration website in order to alter several of the game’s parameters, such as the content and total number of its questions. The game was evaluated in authentic school settings, both through a pilot study with 12 students and a long-term intervention with 37 students that lasted 14 weeks. The results designated that the students’ opinion about the game was positive, and suggest that with some extensions the game could be utilized as an efficacious learning implement. Determinately, some corresponding conclusions and future amendments to the game are being discussed on the substructure of the findings.Item Impact of Computer-Predicated Educational Achievement Test on Test Performance and Test Takers’ Motivation(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Amarathunga, P.A.B.H.; Pathiratne, S.There has been an incrementing interest in recent years in developing and utilizing computer-predicated tests in edifying assessment. To supersede paper-predicated tests with computer-predicated ones, the standards for developing computerizedassessment (International Test Commission., 2004) requires equipollent test scores to be established for the incipient computer-predicated test and the conventional paperpredicated test. However, in most test mode commensurability studies, the genuine test items used have been identical, and yet consequential differences have been found in test scores in paper-predicated and computer-predicated modes. This has been reported for more than a few subjects, containing languages, science and mathematics. The validity of utilizing computer-predicated tests in edifying assessment must therefore be queried. This study involves a biology test and a biology motivation questionnaire utilizing a Solomon four-group experimental design to examine the validity of the computer-predicated test and its effects on test performance and the motivation of test-takers. The findings provide auxiliary evidence for the validity of computer-predicated test in scholastic assessment.Item The ICT competencies of new accounting students of different admission criteria: the case of Sri Lankan private university(Department of Accountancy, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Amarathunga, P.A.B.H.; Pathiratne, S.The current trend in business and accounting settings requires an accountant who is an ICT literate. International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) published the International Inculcation Guidelines that include ICT erudition and competency requisites for professional accountants. These guidelines are intended to avail its member bodies in preparing professional accountants to work within the ICT environment. Amid others, the strategies highlight the ICT erudition and competency requisites for the accountants vis-a-vis the ICT users. This study aims to investigate the level of information and communication technology (ICT) competency possesses by new accounting students at the Private University in Sri Lanka according to their Admission Criteria. The study examines five software applications deemed critical for an accountant, namely, word processing; spreadsheet; database; PowerPoint presentation; and Internet and email. A survey was conducted on 182 first year accounting students. Overall, students from the Foundation Diploma Admission Criteria are found to possess the ICT competency better than those from other Admission Criteria. The competency of students from London AL and GCE A/L Admission Criteria in spreadsheet is found to be below average. All students regardless of their Admission Criteria were found to be less competent in Database Management System (DBMS).