ERIC Number: EJ1218454
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Evaluation of an Online Group Intervention to Improve Test-Taking Self-Efficacy and Reduce Licensure Test Anxiety
Coohey, Carol; Cummings, Stephen P.
Journal of Social Work Education, v55 n2 p376-388 2019
We evaluated whether a synchronous online group intervention, using the Association for Social Work Boards Group Review Practice Test© items, increased students' LMSW licensure test-taking confidence and decreased their test anxiety. A non-equivalent comparison group study was used to measure change in 59 graduate students' confidence in test-taking and test anxiety. Almost 45% of students reported test anxiety in the clinical range at pretest. Using a repeated measures GLM, we found that students in the intervention group experienced a significant increase in confidence from pretest posttest. For overall anxiety, impairment anxiety, and worry anxiety, students in the intervention group experienced less anxiety over time, and students in the comparison group experienced more anxiety over time. Implications for programs are discussed.
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, Test Preparation, Computer Assisted Testing, Test Wiseness, Test Anxiety, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Self Efficacy, Graduate Students, Intervention, Instructional Effectiveness, Web Based Instruction, Group Instruction
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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