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Evaluating Partial Knowledge Using Confidence Weighted Scores: Teachers' Potpourri
Behnke, Ralph R. – Speech Teacher, 1975
Focuses on a unique measurement procedure which allows students to indicate when and the extent to which they guess on an examination. Suggests that such a procedure increases the accuracy of information derived from objective tests. (MH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Confidence Testing, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
Effects of Time-Compressed Speech on Confidence-Weighted Comprehension Scores
Behnke, Ralph R.; Beatty, Michael J. – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Comprehension, Confidence Testing, Measurement Techniques
Student Attitudes Toward Confidence Testing
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Beatty, Michael J.; Behnke, Ralph R. – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1977
Details an investigation of student attitudes toward confidence testing in several undergraduate speech communication courses and concludes that students feel that this form of testing provides a better estimate of their knowledge than do conventional objective tests. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Confidence Testing, Higher Education, Response Style (Tests)
Communication Education in the Home, in the Schools, and in Higher Education: In Higher Education: Improving Instructional Systems through Confidence Testing
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Goodyear, F. H.; Behnke, Ralph R. – Communication Education, 1976
Defines confidence testing and describes several formats which permit student selection and weighting of test items thereby enhancing student-teacher participation in the testing process. (MH)
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Educational Research, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement