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Leclercq, Dieudonne – Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, 1982
In a confidence weighting situation, the examinee is asked to indicate the correct answer, and how certain he or she is of the correctness of that answer. This paper reviews the bases for confidence marking, its validity and accuracy in evaluating students, and it's use in research. (BW)
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Educational Research, Measurement Techniques, Models
Download full textSuhadolnik, Debra; Weiss, David J. – 1983
The present study was an attempt to alleviate some of the difficulties inherent in multiple-choice items by having examinees respond to multiple-choice items in a probabilistic manner. Using this format, examinees are able to respond to each alternative and to provide indications of any partial knowledge they may possess concerning the item. The…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Multiple Choice Tests, Probability, Response Style (Tests)
Puncochar, Judith; And Others – 1994
Individual and group assessments of quiz accuracy and students' discrimination of what they know and what they do not know regarding course material were examined using confidence ratings from 22 graduate students, 47 undergraduates, and their 23 heterogeneous learning groups over 6 quizzes. Students first took each multiple choice quiz as…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Decision Making, Graduate Students, Group Dynamics
