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Mara E. McFadden; Sara J. Finney – International Journal of Testing, 2025
Priming examinees with questions about intended effort prior to testing has been shown to significantly increase examinee expended effort via self-reported effort and response-time effort. However, this question-behavior effect seems to wear off later in a testing session. We examined whether administering a second "dose" of the…
Descriptors: Priming, Test Content, Student Behavior, Student Motivation
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Do-Hong Kim; Chuang Wang; Thi Nhu Ngoc Truong – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Researchers and practitioners in the field of second language acquisition have come to realize the importance of non-cognitive skills such as self-efficacy and self-regulation in students' learning of a second language. However, there has been limited systematic research on such measures in the second language context and the validity and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Content, Self Efficacy, English Language Learners
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Laura Sperl; Clara Marie Breier; Eric Grießbach; Stefan R. Schweinberger – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
In response to COVID-19, universities worldwide experienced drastic and sudden changes including the need to shift to online teaching and assessment. Following previous research suggesting that individual differences in typing skills could influence text quantity and quality, we investigated whether university students' typing speed is related to…
Descriptors: Office Occupations Education, College Freshmen, Skill Development, Online Courses