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Peer reviewedDalton, David W.; Goodrum, David A. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1991
Fifth and sixth grade children were assigned to three pretesting conditions: a full-length pretest, an adaptive pretest that exited learners when nonmastery was indicated, and a no pretest control. Learners in the adaptive treatment demonstrated higher levels of performance on the posttest and had greater motivation to continue the instruction.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Education
