Testing with Personal Probabilities: 11-Year-Olds Can Correctly Estimate Their Personal Probabilities.

Dirkzwager, A.

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ERIC Number: EJ536936

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Publication Date: 1996

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Testing with Personal Probabilities: 11-Year-Olds Can Correctly Estimate Their Personal Probabilities.

Dirkzwager, A.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v56 n6 p957-71 Dec 1996

Testing with personal probabilities eliminates guessing whether the subjects are well calibrated. A probability testing study with 47 Dutch elementary school children who used an interactive computer program shows that even 11-year-olds can estimate their personal probabilities correctly. (SLD)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Estimation (Mathematics), Foreign Countries, Guessing (Tests), Probability, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Testing Problems

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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