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Download full textTurner, James S.; Shelton, Aubrey W. – 1994
In 1948 the Mississippi State University College of Education underwent a major revamping of the undergraduate program. Prior to new reforms, data were gathered on elementary education majors to study the effects of the reforms. In order to compare a variety of data from two years prior to 1984 (before actual changes) with data of those graduating…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Majors, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDumont, Richard G.; Troelstrup, Richard L. – Research in Higher Education, 1981
The potential utility of a college admissions test as a measure of the cognitive learning outcomes of general education is investigated. A residual form of the ACT Assessment was administered to a stratified random sample of 112 seniors at Tennessee Technological University. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests, College Admission
Gasque, Alice T. – 1986
The Board of Regents of South Dakota's public colleges and universities decided in 1984 to implement a Value-Added Testing program (an exit test required for graduation) modelled on the Northeast Missouri State University plan. The plan was intended to increase student learning, improve curricular design, and encourage excellent teaching.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Scholes, Roberta J.; Lain, M. Margaret – 1997
"Test preparation" activities can range from simple practice to in-depth instruction, but most of these activities use some form of test familiarization, drill and practice with feedback, training in strategies for specific item types, and general test-taking, subject-matter review, and skill development exercises. Two experiments were…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, Ethnic Groups, Feedback
