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Publication Date: 1992
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Obtaining Information about Learners' Thinking Strategies from Wrong Answers on Multiple-Choice Tests.
Powell, J. C.; Shklov, N.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v52 n4 p847-65 Win 1992
An age-dependent answer-selection sequence of answers on multiple-choice tests suggested by previous studies was supported using statistical rather than clinical means. Results with 2,810 students aged 88 months through 241 months given a reading comprehension test twice during a 5-month interval support the systematically connected age-dependent sequence. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development, Multiple Choice Tests, Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Response Style (Tests), Secondary School Students, Statistical Analysis
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