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Download full textJack, Brady Michael; Liu, Chia-Ju; Chiu, Houn-Lin; Shymansky, James A. – Online Submission, 2009
This proposal advocates the position that the use of confidence wagering (CW) during testing can predict the accuracy of a student's test answer selection during between-subject assessments. Data revealed female students were more favorable to taking risks when making CW and less inclined toward risk aversion than their male counterparts. Student…
Descriptors: Confidence Testing, Gender Differences, Risk, Middle School Students
Jack, Brady Michael; Liu, Chia-Ju; Chiu, Hoan-Lin; Shymansky, James A. – Online Submission, 2009
This proposal presents the results of a case study involving five 8th grade Taiwanese classes, two mathematics and three science classes. These classes used a new method of testing called confidence wagering. This paper advocates the position that confidence wagering can predict the accuracy of a student's test answer selection during…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Testing, Grade 8, Teaching Methods
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Direct linkYen, Yung-Chin; Ho, Rong-Guey; Chen, Li-Ju; Chou, Kun-Yi; Chen, Yan-Lin – Educational Technology & Society, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the efficiency, precision, and validity of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) could be improved by assessing confidence differences in knowledge that examinees possessed. We proposed a novel polytomous CAT model called the confidence-weighting computerized adaptive testing (CWCAT), which combined a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Item Response Theory
