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A Study of Comparing Testing Styles and Retention of Material.

Zopp, William B. – 1998

The purpose of this study was to compare two different testing styles to see how they relate to retention of information. The study was conducted during the first semester of the 1996-97 school year at Greenbriar East High School in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The students in the study were in two Biology II classes, one with an enrollment of 26…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Comparative Analysis, Essay Tests

Method Effect on Testing Reading Comprehension: How Far Can We Go?

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Tsagari, Constance – 1994

This study investigated and compared the effects of two test formats (free response and multiple choice) on English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners' reading comprehension. The tests, together with a checklist of test-taking strategies and retrospective questionnaires concerning more general reading strategies, were administered to 57 ESL…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Processing