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Direct linkNel, C.; Kistner, L. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2009
In the light of the uncertainty surrounding the new National Senior Certificate that was written in South African schools for the first time in 2008, this article aims to examine the new Grade 12 National Senior Certificate results quantitatively in the context of the Grade 11 application score for entry into higher education and the Grade 12…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Grade 12, Grade 11, Academic Ability
The Influence of Test-Wiseness on Performance of High School Seniors on School Leaving Examinations.
Peer reviewedRogers, W. Todd; Bateson, David J. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1991
The influence of test wiseness on the performance of 736 high school seniors in British Columbia on provincial school leaving examinations in English, algebra, geography, history, biology, and chemistry was studied. The performance of many students on the multiple-choice sections was spuriously enhanced by test wiseness. (TJH)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Graduation Requirements
Peer reviewedTamir, Pinchas – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1993
The performance of 254 Israeli twelfth graders on multiple-choice tests with positive or negative item stems was studied. For items requiring low cognitive reasoning, performance does not differ, but, for items requiring high cognitive reasoning, the negative mode is more difficult. Implications for test construction are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Biology, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing
Download full textMarsh, Herbert W. – 1992
The Stability of Self Scale has been used to infer the stability of self-concept from responses collected on a single occasion. Using the large, nationally representative Youth in Transition data for 10th grade boys in public high schools in 1966, Stability of Self responses were related to the variability in self-esteem responses collected in 4…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
Randhawa, Bikkar S.; And Others – 1989
In mathematics, Canadian students perform poorly, and enrollment in Canadian postsecondary institutions is low, particularly for women. Clearly, there is a need to understand the personal and social factors that influence mathematics achievement and academic choices. A. Bandura's self-efficacy theory (1977, 1982) implies that academic choices are…
Descriptors: Algebra, Career Choice, Comparative Testing, Course Selection (Students)
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1993
Province-wide results from the Diploma Examinations Program of the Alberta (Canada) schools are presented for the three examinations of the entire 1991-92 school year (January, June, and August). The annual report also provides summaries of results by gender, for population subgroups, and for achievement-over-time studies. School marks,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Biology, Chemistry
Peer reviewedTamir, Pinchas – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1990
Survey data were analyzed from 14- and 17-year-old Israeli students--1,990 ninth graders and 2,000 twelfth graders, respectively--involved in the Second International Science Study. The effects of ethnic origin (Afro-Asian versus European/American) and gender on high school student achievement, interest/motivation, attitudes, and self-concept…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Comparative Testing, Ethnic Origins
