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Fuqua, J. Diane – 1989
Ways in which elementary and junior high school teachers can use the My Class Inventory (MCI) to assess their students' views of classroom climate are discussed. The climate of a group is defined as the quality of the internal environment that persists over time and is experienced by members of the group. The short form of the MCI, which is…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Elementary School Students, Guidelines
Peer reviewedPinsoneault, Terry B. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1996
Computer-assisted and paper-and-pencil-administered formats for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories were investigated. Subjects were 32 master's and doctoral-level counseling students. Findings indicated that the two formats were comparable and that students preferred the computer-assisted format. (AEF)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Download full textAnderson, Paul S. – 1987
A recent innovation in the area of educational measurement is MDT multi-digit testing, a machine-scored near-equivalent to "fill-in-the-blank" testing. The MDT method is based on long lists (or "Answer Banks") that contain up to 1,000 discrete answers, each with a three-digit label. Students taking an MDT multi-digit test mark…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education, Scoring
Peer reviewedLaffitte, Rondeau G., Jr. – Teaching of Psychology, 1984
A study involving undergraduate college students enrolled in an introductory psychology course showed that test item arrangement by difficulty or by order of content presentation has no effect on total achievement test score. The data also fail to demonstrate any influence of test item order on student perception of test difficulty. (RM)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Educational Research, Higher Education, Psychology
Manalo, Jonathan R.; Wolfe, Edward W. – 2000
Recently, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) changed by including a direct writing assessment where examinees choose between computer and handwritten composition formats. Unfortunately, examinees may have differential access to and comfort with computers; as a result, scores across these formats may not be comparable. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Assisted Testing, Essay Tests, Handwriting
Direct linkNarloch, Rodger; Garbin, Calvin P.; Turnage, Kimberly D. – Teaching of Psychology, 2006
We investigated the use of quizzes administered prior to lecture (i.e., prelecture quizzes) and compared them to no-quiz control groups. In previous research, the success of administering quizzes after covering a topic (i.e., postlecture quizzes) was contingent on the quizzes and the subsequent exams being of similar level and content. However,…
Descriptors: Test Format, Lecture Method, Multiple Choice Tests, Essay Tests
Peer reviewedWright, Claudia R.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
Two samples of 177 and 125 community college students were administered two different RAM Scale formats, then responded to three dichotomous school related criterion variables. Evidence supports the concurrent validity of RAM Scale classifications with student preferences for instructors with views similar to or different from the student's.…
Descriptors: College Students, Criteria, Personality Measures, Personality Traits
Peer reviewedKumar, V. K.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1986
Disguising scale purpose by using an innocuous skill title and filler items had no effect on the reliability and validity of Rotter's Interpersonal Trust Scale. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Response Style (Tests), Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedBirenbaum, Menucha; Feldman, Rose A. – Educational Research, 1998
For 58 college students, high self-concept and learning processes scores were related to positive attitudes toward open-ended tests, negative toward multiple choice. Low test anxiety scores were related to positive attitudes toward open-ended tests. Males were more favorable to multiple choice than females were. (SK)
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Anzai, Shinobu; Paik, Chie Matsuzawa – 2000
The purpose of this study was to examine the construct validity of a classroom communication apprehension scale. Subjects were 196 high school students in Japan. The original English version of a classroom communication apprehension scale (M. R. Neer, 1987) consisted of 20 items representing 2 hypothesized dimensions of classroom communication…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer), Construct Validity, Foreign Countries
Tomsic, Margie L.; Hendel, Darwin D.; Matross, Ronald P. – 2000
This study compared college students who used the World Wide Web versus paper and pencil to respond to one of three surveys: the 1997 and 1999 Student Experiences Survey and 1998 University of Minnesota Graduate Survey. Students chose to respond by mail or via the Web. Researchers examined the proportion of students who used the Web versus those…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Students, Higher Education, Sex Differences
Duke, Nell K.; Ritchart, Ron – Instructor, 1997
There are many connections between good test taking practices and good general learning practices. This article offers strategies related to reading and math instruction and testing. It also describes how to teach students the fundamentals of standardized tests. Tips for reducing test stress are provided. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mathematics Skills, Reading Strategies, Standardized Tests
Peer reviewedZumwalt, Marcus – Reading Teacher, 2003
Explains the game of "Words of Fortune" in which students act out vocabulary words. Notes that this activity provides students the opportunity to make strong visual, aural, and kinesthetic connections with vocabulary lists. Concludes that "Words of Fortune" helps students write better sentences for vocabulary assessment. (PM)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Kinesthetic Methods, Primary Education, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedSchraw, Gregory – Journal of Experimental Education, 1997
The basis of students' confidence in their answers to test items was studied with 95 undergraduates. Results support the domain-general hypothesis that predicts that confidence judgments will be related to performance on a particular test and also to confidence judgments and performance on unrelated tests. (SLD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Metacognition, Performance Factors, Scores
Peer reviewedZeidner, Moshe – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1990
The study investigated the attitudes, perceptions, emotional reactions, and affective dispositions of 100 students at the University of Haifa (Israel) toward various test formats, item types, and methods of test administration. The use of examinee feedback systems in college student evaluation, applications of feedback inventories for assessing…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Foreign Countries
