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Peer reviewedPlass, James A.; Hill, Kennedy T. – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Examines how test anxiety affects children in certain evaluation situations and focuses on developing more valid and effective measurement procedures in school achievement testings. Third and fourth graders were divided into three anxiety groups and tested under time and no time pressures. Anxiety level, time pressure, and sex affected…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Download full textFarland, Dale S.; Gullickson, Arlen R. – 1984
The effect of cooperative test-taking (CT) on the achievement and attitudes of college seniors was investigated. The students (n=46) were randomly assigned to one of two sections of a course in measurement. They worked on projects in randomly assigned groups of four or five students. One section took frequent cooperative quizzes, while the other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Seniors, Cooperation, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Peer reviewedO'Brien, Thomas V. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Reviews major research conducted between 1984 and 1989 on test anxiety among college, concluding that test anxiety may result from long-term memory problems. Explores techniques for reducing test anxiety, assessing the relative validity of each. Proposes a holistic approach to reducing test anxiety that addresses cognitive and emotional…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Community Colleges, Holistic Approach, Learning Strategies
Guedry-Hymel, Linda; Hymel, Glenn M. – 1984
This paper develops a conceptual model involving curricular, instructional/guidance, and assessment perspectives on the promotion of study skills and test-taking techniques among secondary school students. From the curricular standpoint, consideration is given to a recommended range of topical coverage and a diversified array of printed/mediated…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Evaluation, Integrated Curriculum, Intentional Learning
Chandler, Theodore A.; Spies, Carl J. – 1987
Undergraduate students in sociology (N=59) and psychology (N=50) participated in a study at a large midwestern university to determine if the pattern of attributional assignment, expectancy, performance, and perceived success was different in these two groups of undergraduates. Prior to taking the first of three exams each student was asked how…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Expectation
Walters, Janice; Tobias, Sigmund – 1985
The effectiveness of a strategy for remembering words from a word list was investigated in subjects who were high in test anxiety versus subjects who were low in test anxiety. Sixty seventh-grade volunteers from two urban junior high schools were assigned to the strategy training group or the control group. The strategy group was instructed to…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cluster Grouping, Grade 7, Group Instruction
