ABSTRACT
The basic rationale of Computer Managed Learning (CML) is an attempt to relieve the teacher or trainer of various tedious and time-consuming management tasks and so leave him with more time to devote to the essence of teaching. In an ideal CML environment, there would be a smooth partnership between the teacher, the student and the computer, in which each performed those tasks most suited to their (its) abilities. The process of assessment is at the heart of most CML systems and is the function which initially attracts most new users of the technology. Most CML systems attempt to provide diagnostic feedback as quickly as possible to conform with the established view that if feedback is to be effective then it must be immediate. A major benefit of CML test-marking procedures is that, since the results are already stored in the computer, these analyses can be carried out accurately and without any extra effort on the part of the teacher.
