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Download full textSternberg, Robert J.; Wong, Chak Haang; Sternberg, Karin – Journal of Intelligence, 2019
We conducted two studies to replicate and extend, as well as test, the limits of previous findings regarding an apparent disconnect between scientific-reasoning skills in psychological science, on the one hand, and scores on standardized tests of general intelligence, on the other. In Study 1, we examined whether this disconnect would extend…
Descriptors: Psychology, Sciences, Thinking Skills, Multiple Choice Tests
Direct linkAlMohanna, Asmaa M.; Suliman, Mohammed E.; AlEssa, Noran A.; Khatib, Said Y.; Saeed, Abdallah A.; Hamza, Muaawia A. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2018
The aim of the study was to explore the factors associated with the recall of basic medical physiology knowledge among medical interns and to determine the level of retained basic science knowledge. Two hundred and four interns, 114 women and 90 men, working in two major tertiary medical care centers, King Fahad Medical City (KFMC; 29 students)…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Physiology, Graduate Medical Education, Hospitals
Bridgeman, Brent – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2016
Scores on essay-based assessments that are part of standardized admissions tests are typically given relatively little weight in admissions decisions compared to the weight given to scores from multiple-choice assessments. Evidence is presented to suggest that more weight should be given to these assessments. The reliability of the writing scores…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Scores, Standardized Tests, Comparative Analysis
Liaghat, Farahnaz; Biria, Reza – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This study aimed at exploring the impact of mentor text modelling on Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' accuracy and fluency in writing tasks with different cognitive complexity in comparison with two conventional approaches to teaching writing; namely, process-based and product-based approaches. To this end, 60 Iranian EFL…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction
Tractenberg, Rochelle E.; Gushta, Matthew M.; Mulroney, Susan E.; Weissinger, Peggy A. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2013
Multiple choice (MC) questions from a graduate physiology course were evaluated by cognitive-psychology (but not physiology) experts, and analyzed statistically, in order to test the independence of content expertise and cognitive complexity ratings of MC items. Integration of higher order thinking into MC exams is important, but widely known to…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Critical Thinking, Graduate Study, Physiology
Klein, Barbara D.; Rossin, Don; Guo, Yi Maggie; Ro, Young K. – Journal of Education for Business, 2010
The authors investigated the effects of flow on learning outcomes in a graduate-level operations management course. Flow was assessed through an overall flow score, four dimensions of flow, and three characteristics of flow activities. Learning outcomes were measured objectively through multiple-choice quiz scores and subjectively using measures…
Descriptors: Tests, Skill Development, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Klecker, Beverly M. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2007
This exploratory research study examined the impact of using feedback from weekly multiple-choice tests on final exam scores and students' IDEA course ratings. The teacher researcher taught two sections (N=33; N=34) of a graduate-level, semester-long, online course in advanced human growth and development. Each section had identical course…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Online Courses, Multiple Choice Tests, Feedback (Response)
Crisp, Geoffrey T.; Palmer, Edward J. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2007
The appropriate analysis of students' responses to an assessment is an essential step in improving the quality of the assessment itself as well as staff teaching and student learning. Many academics are unfamiliar with the formal processes used to analyze assessment results; the standard statistical methods associated with analyzing the validity…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Student Evaluation, Test Results, Test Construction
