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Stenlund, Tova; Eklöf, Hanna; Lyrén, Per-Erik – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2017
This study investigated whether different groups of test-takers vary in their reported test-taking behaviour in a high-stakes test situation. A between-group design (N = 1129) was used to examine whether high and low achievers, as well as females and males, differ in their use of test-taking strategies, and in level of reported test anxiety and…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, High Achievement, Low Achievement, Gender Differences
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Huddleston, Andrew P. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2012
In this article, the author demonstrates how a Bourdieusian analysis of poetic transcriptions offers great potential for helping teachers and students to understand how they are responding to state policy mandates in schools. Specifically, the author uses Bourdieu's concepts of field, capital, and habitus to analyze two poetic transcriptions,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Exit Examinations, Immigrants, Testing