Interaction between Examination Type, Anxiety State, and Academic Achievement in College Science; an Action-Oriented Research.

Zoller, Uri; Ben-Chaim, David

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ERIC Number: EJ387869

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Interaction between Examination Type, Anxiety State, and Academic Achievement in College Science; an Action-Oriented Research.

Zoller, Uri; Ben-Chaim, David

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v26 n1 p65-77 Jan 1989

Surveys the trait anxiety profile and preference concerning types of examinations of preservice science teachers. Reports that the students prefer examinations on understanding and analyzing rather than on knowing and remembering, and that students' anxiety states correlate with the type of examination and sex. (Author)

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Science, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Science Tests, Sex Differences, Test Anxiety, Test Format, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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