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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
Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – 1980
Number right and elimination scores were analyzed on a 48-item college level mathematics test that was assembled from pretest data in three forms by varying the item orderings: easy-hard, uniform, or random. Half of the forms contained information explaining the item arrangement and suggesting strategies for taking the test. Several anxiety…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Quantitative Tests
Peer reviewedArkin, Robert M.; Walts, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
The effects of corrective testing and how such feedback might affect high- and low-test-anxious students differently are indicated. Subjects were 286 college students in three classes--one using mastery testing and two using multiple choice tests. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Feedback, Higher Education, Mastery Tests
