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Halpin, Glennelle; Halpin, Gerald – 1980
A review of the literature on the influence of testing on learning and retention reveals the need for more comprehensive research findings in this regard. This study was designed to investigate further the direct effects of tests in contrast with no tests on learning and retention in ongoing college-level classes with both the instructor and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Difficulty Level, Higher Education
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Eignor, Daniel R. – 1978
In light of the widespread use of competency testing, the authors consider that it is important to determine ways of developing and using competency testing to insure that it achieves its full potential. The paper, in three parts, introduces a model for the development and validation of competency tests, reviews several methods for setting…
Descriptors: Competence, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1975
This report describes the general plan for a study to clarify the interpretation of group performance measures of student achievement. Group tests are the most efficient procedure for collecting achievement information from a large number of students, but they also require item formats that may be different from the form in which students normally…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Grade 2
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Crocker, Linda; Schmitt, Alicia – Journal of Experimental Education, 1987
The effectiveness of a strategy for improving performance on multiple-choice items for examinees was assessed using an aptitude-treatment interaction model. Results showed that for low-anxious examinees, generation of an answer before selecting a response led to higher performance, but not for highly anxious examinees. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Behavior Rating Scales, College Students
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Alexander, John J., Ed. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1987
Contains two articles relating to chemistry examination questions. One provides examples of how to sequence multiple choice questions so that partial credit may be given for some responses. The second includes a question and solution dealing with stereoisomerism as a result of free radical chlorination of a nonstereoisometic substance. (TW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Problem Sets
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Moe, Kim C.; Johnson, Marilyn F. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1988
Describes study of 315 secondary school students that investigated their reactions to computerized testing and assessed the practicability of this testing method in the classroom. Two versions of a standardized aptitude test battery used are described, one computerized and one printed, and a survey assessing students' reactions is discussed. (9…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
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Cardarelli, Aldo F. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Claims that in the conventional administration of the Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) comprehension diagnosis is inordinately influenced by the reader's ability to recall information. Suggests that allowing reinspection by the reader restores recall to its proper function and may result in other advantages. (NH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Informal Reading Inventories
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Lou, Mimi Wheiping; And Others – Sign Language Studies, 1987
Describes a conversation measure for evaluation communicative competence of deaf adolescents and adults in light of: 1) the rationale behind its development; 2) its independence of the subjects' language variety; and 3)its use in a study of 40 deaf adolescents. The interview protocal is give in the Appendix. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Sign Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Deafness
Brodeur, Doris R. – Educational Technology, 1986
Reviews seven commercially produced test generator programs appropriate for use by classroom teachers or individual instructors and identifies item construction and test formatting features that facilitate test design and delivery. Test generator programs and their manufacturers are listed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Costs, Evaluation Criteria
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Hamaker, Christiaan – Review of Educational Research, 1986
The research literature on the effects of factual and higher order adjunct questions is reviewed. The influence of 13 design variables on the direction and size of adjunct-questions effects is investigated. It is indicated that higher order adjunct questions may have a more general facilitative effect. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Criterion Referenced Tests, Effect Size, Elementary Education
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Benson, Jeri; Hocevar, Dennis – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1985
Three rating scales--with all positive or all negative wording, or a mixture of both--were administered to 522 children in grades four through six. The results indicated that it was difficult for students to indicate agreement by disagreeing with a negative statement. This affected test validity. Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Item Analysis
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Holmes, Susan E. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
A specific application of test equating is described, namely that of credentialing examination programs in the health professions. Considered are: (1) the role of test equating in the credentialing process; and (2) the issues that must be considered when implementing test equating in a credentialing examination program. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Data Collection, Equated Scores
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Hunt, Earl; Pellegrino, James – Intelligence, 1985
There are economic advantages in using microcomputers as automated testing stations for measuring aptitude and intelligence. Microcomputers also make it possible to expand and modify testing procedures for psychological functions included in conventional tests and to test psychological functions not generally assessed by conventional tests, such…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
Dwyer, Francis M.; De Melo, Hermes – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1984
This investigation evaluated performance of university students on visual and nonvisual versions of an achievement test. Two experimental designs assessed the effects and interactions between visual and nonvisual instructional modes, order of drawing test (before or after verbal/visual achievement test), and mode of drawing test (verbal cued or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Graphs, Higher Education
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Kraft, Goldie S.; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Describes two experiments in which high school students who studied a map/prose combination expected either a spatial/locational or verbal/event posttest. Results indicate test expectation instructions significantly influenced kinds of information students were able to recall, and type of preinstructional expectation had a pronounced effect on how…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Expectation, Geographic Location, Instructional Design
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