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Schofield, J.; Vincent, A. T. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1986
Describes a project at Chorleywood College (England) which examined the possibility of automating the transcription of braille examination responses for marking by examination boards. Discussion covers the braille code, requirements of the transcription system, an analysis of mock examination papers which led to system modification, and the final…
Descriptors: Automation, Braille, Computer Assisted Testing, Foreign Countries
The Effects of Pre-Tests, Interim Tests, and Age on Post-Test Performance Following Self-Instruction
Hartley, James; And Others – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Research, Performance Factors, Programed Instruction, Testing
Macdonald-Ross, Michael; Waller, Robert – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1975
Article suggests a practical research style which makes use of the tacit know how of typographers and designers. The idea is to preface any testing activities with critical and creative activities. This leads to a three-part cyclical model: criticism, alternatives and tests. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Creative Activities, Instructional Improvement, Learning Activities
Norton, Linda S. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1981
Describes the results of a study which analyzed first-year psychology students' attitudes to notetaking, the number of words noted, and subsequent use of notes as related to test performance. Six references are listed. (CHC)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Questionnaires, Recall (Psychology)
Wright, Patricia – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1975
An investigation which compared five ways of expressing information about the choice of questions to be made from different sections of a test paper. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Forced Choice Technique, Test Construction, Test Interpretation
Whalley, Peter C.; Fleming, Richard W. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1975
Article describes the development of a simple recorder of reading behavior, and an experiment in which it is used to investigate the effect on reading behavior of altering the spatial relationship between a diagram and its reference point within the test. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Experiments, Reading, Reading Research
Haksar, Lucy – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1983
Describes design of an item bank for use with lower ability mathematics students in Scottish secondary schools. Aspects of bank usage discussed include raw score translation to measures on validated scales, test design for various purposes, and ways of recording and analyzing results. Test examples with corresponding outputs are given. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries
Duncan, N.; Harris, C. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1974
A description of a method used with criterion referenced tests which is designed to reduce guessing. (HB)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation, Guessing (Tests), Indexes
Duchastel, Philippe C. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1981
Describes the results of a study of the retentional role of illustrations in a text and their effect on enhancing long-term memory with 15-year-old secondary school students. Seven references are listed. (CHC)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Illustrations, Imagery, Recall (Psychology)
Bryce, Jennifer; And Others – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1983
Describes development of a test using slides and corresponding multiple-choice questions for second-year occupational therapy students in child studies course. Reasons for choosing the test format are discussed and an outline of test construction procedures is given. An evaluation of the test indicates problems encountered and benefits gained.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Criterion Referenced Tests, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Watson, Jane M. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1984
Describes a study of an individualized university mathematics course where students were given a choice of testing options. Topics discussed include measurement of such covariates as age, years at university, enjoyment of mathematics, and quantitative ability, and the relationship of covariates and testing choice. Results indicate students made…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Decision Making, Educational Research, Higher Education
