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Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – 1981
Effects of item arrangement (easy-hard, uniform, and random), test anxiety, and sex on a 48-item multiple-choice mathematics test assembled from items of the American College Testing Program and taken by motivated upper level undergraduates and beginning graduate students were investigated. Four measures of anxiety were used: the Achievement Test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPlake, Barbara S.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1981
Number right and elimination scores were analyzed on a college level mathematics exam assembled from pretest data. Anxiety measures were administered along with the experimental forms to undergraduates. Results suggest that neither test scores nor attitudes are influenced by item order knowledge thereof, or anxiety level. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests
