Test Item Arrangement and Adaptation Level.

Barcikowski, Robert S.; Olsen, Henry

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ERIC Number: EJ119098

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Publication Date: 1975

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Test Item Arrangement and Adaptation Level

Barcikowski, Robert S.; Olsen, Henry

Journal of Psychology, 90, 87-93, May 75

Provides evidence that students perceive test items arranged in a hard-medium-easy order as being easier than the same items arranged in the reverse order, but it was also found that the students' perceptions did not influence the scores. (RB)

Descriptors: Adaptation Level Theory, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Perception, Test Construction

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