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Socha, Alan; Sigler, Ellen A. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
The "Revised Learning Process Questionnaire" has been part of the development of a conceptual understanding of how students learn and what motivates them to engage in particular tasks. We obtained responses from 329 student volunteers at a mid-sized public university in the southeast USA. We first investigated whether the psychometric…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Questionnaires, Multidimensional Scaling, Psychometrics
Prager, Erika K. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Universities are using standardized tests more and more as part of their accountability and assessment of student learning efforts. For the results of these tests to be useful in improving practices that lead to greater learning, they must be meaningful and specific to institutions. The researcher sought to determine how student characteristics,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Evaluation, Standardized Tests
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Dodeen, Hamzeh – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2008
Test-taking strategies are important cognitive skills that strongly affect students' performance in tests. Using appropriate test-taking strategies improves students' achievement and grades, improves students' attitudes toward tests and reduces test anxiety. This results in improving test accuracy and validity. This study aimed at developing a…
Descriptors: Test Wiseness, Student Attitudes, Time Management, Validity
Zhang, Zhicheng – 1994
Reading is an essential way of attaining information, particularly for students studying in a university. Using reading strategies is extremely important for non-native readers of English because it serves as an effective way to overcome language deficiency and obtain better reading achievement. A study determined the psychometric properties of a…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Students