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Going Way beyond the Exam in Order to Do Better in the Exam: Using an Anthology of Substantial Sources at GCSE
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McDonnell, Liam – Teaching History, 2019
Struck by his GCSE students' bewildered expressions when studying source extracts, Liam McDonnell decided to adopt a new approach to source analysis. Inspired by the work of other history teachers, McDonnell decided to use an anthology of substantial sources when studying nineteenth-century Whitechapel in London. By revisiting the sources at…
Descriptors: Historians, History, History Instruction, Foreign Countries
Unattended Consequences: How Text Responses Alter Alongside PISA's Mode Change from 2012 to 2015
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Zehner, Fabian; Goldhammer, Frank; Lubaway, Emily; Sälzer, Christine – Education Inquiry, 2019
In 2015, the "Programme for International Student Assessment" (PISA) introduced multiple changes in its study design, the most extensive being the transition from paper- to computer-based assessment. We investigated the differences between German students' text responses to eight reading items from the paper-based study in 2012 to text…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Change in Test-Taking Motivation and Its Relationship to Test Performance in Low-Stakes Assessments
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Penk, Christiane; Richter, Dirk – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2017
Since the turn of the century, an increasing number of low-stakes assessments (i.e., assessments without direct consequences for the test-takers) are being used to evaluate the quality of educational systems. Internationally, research has shown that low-stakes test results can be biased due to students' low test-taking motivation and that…
Descriptors: Test Wiseness, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Tests
Are All Pupils Equally Motivated to Do Their Best on All Tests? Differences in Reported Test-Taking Motivation within and between Tests with Different Stakes
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Knekta, Eva – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study investigated changes in reported test-taking motivation from a low-stakes to a high-stakes test and if there are differences in reported test-taking motivation between school classes. A questionnaire including scales assessing reported effort, expectancies, perceived importance, interest, and test anxiety was administered to a sample of…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Test Wiseness, Grade 9, Tests
Student Self-Regulated Learning in an Urban High School: Predictive Validity and Relations between Teacher Ratings and Student Self-Reports
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Cleary, Timothy J.; Callan, Gregory L. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
This study examined the predictive validity of a teacher rating scale called the Self-Regulation Strategy Inventory-Teacher Rating Scale (SRSI-TRS) and its level of convergence with several student self-report measures of self-regulated learning (SRL). Eighty-seven high school students enrolled in one of four sections of a mathematics course in an…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Rating Scales, Predictive Validity
Marking Strategies in Metacognition-Evaluated Computer-Based Testing
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Chen, Li-Ju; Ho, Rong-Guey; Yen, Yung-Chin – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
This study aimed to explore the effects of marking and metacognition-evaluated feedback (MEF) in computer-based testing (CBT) on student performance and review behavior. Marking is a strategy, in which students place a question mark next to a test item to indicate an uncertain answer. The MEF provided students with feedback on test results…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Test Results, Test Items, Testing