To Change Answers or Not to Change Answers: That Is the Question.

Hanna, Gerald S.

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ERIC Number: EJ394887

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Publication Date: 1989

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To Change Answers or Not to Change Answers: That Is the Question.

Hanna, Gerald S.

Clearing House, v62 n9 p414-16 May 1989

Reviews research on whether students should change answers or let first answers stand on objective tests. Finds that the odds are over two to one that a student's score will be raised, rather than lowered, if he or she changes answers. Offers three suggestions for improving students' test-taking strategies. (SR)

Descriptors: Educational Testing, Objective Tests, Secondary Education, Test Wiseness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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