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Download full textPowell, J. C. – 1979
The educational significance of wrong answers on multiple choice tests was investigated in over 4,000 subjects, aged 7 to 20. Gorham's Proverbs Test--which requires the interpretation of a proverb sentence--was administered and repeated five months later. Four questions were addressed: (1) what can the pattern of answer choice, across age, using…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Pascale, Pietro J. – 1971
This brief review explains some alternate scoring procedures to the classical method of summing correct responses. The novel procedures attempt in some way to retrieve and use even the information in the wrong responses. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs, Confidence Testing, Educational Diagnosis
