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Carolyn Clarke – in education, 2024
This ethnographic case study, situated in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, examined the effects of full-scale provincial testing on families, its influences on homework, and familial accountability for teaching and learning. Data were drawn from family interviews, as well as letters and documents regarding homework. Teachers sensed a significant…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Testing, Homework
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Evans-Tokaryk, Tyler; Burazin, Andie; deBraga, Michael; Goodman, Jackie; Kaler, Michael; Klubi, Thomas – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2023
First-year seminars that teach foundational academic skills are common in universities around the world, but few studies have been conducted to determine whether the specific skills students develop in these courses transfer to other academic contexts. Our research presents a case study that addresses this gap by measuring students' perceptions of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Transfer of Training, First Year Seminars, Test Wiseness
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Guo, Hongwen; Rios, Joseph A.; Ling, Guangming; Wang, Zhen; Gu, Lin; Yang, Zhitong; Liu, Lydia O. – ETS Research Report Series, 2022
Different variants of the selected-response (SR) item type have been developed for various reasons (i.e., simulating realistic situations, examining critical-thinking and/or problem-solving skills). Generally, the variants of SR item format are more complex than the traditional multiple-choice (MC) items, which may be more challenging to test…
Descriptors: Test Format, Test Wiseness, Test Items, Item Response Theory
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Wu, Amery D.; Chen, Michelle Y.; Stone, Jake E. – International Journal of Testing, 2018
This article investigates how test-takers change their strategies to handle increased test difficulty. An adult sample reported their test-taking strategies immediately after completing the tasks in a reading test. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling specifying a measurement-invariant, ability-moderated, latent transition…
Descriptors: Test Wiseness, Reading Tests, Reading Comprehension, Difficulty Level
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McLeod, Carolyn; Boyes, Mike – Canadian Journal of Education, 2021
Educational programs that incorporate social emotional-learning (SEL) strategies, study skills, and mindful breathing using biofeedback can help adolescents decrease worry and social stress, increase test preparedness self-efficacy, and improve academic performance due to lowered levels of test anxiety. The current study examined the efficacy of a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Social Emotional Learning, Metacognition, Relaxation Training
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Fukuzawa, Sherry; deBraga, Michael – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2019
Graded Response Method (GRM) is an alternative to multiple-choice testing where students rank options according to their relevance to the question. GRM requires discrimination and inference between statements and is a cost-effective critical thinking assessment in large courses where open-ended answers are not feasible. This study examined…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items, Test Format
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Kam, Chester Chun Seng; Zhou, Mingming – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2015
Previous research has found the effects of acquiescence to be generally consistent across item "aggregates" within a single survey (i.e., essential tau-equivalence), but it is unknown whether this phenomenon is consistent at the" individual item" level. This article evaluated the often assumed but inadequately tested…
Descriptors: Test Items, Surveys, Criteria, Correlation
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Goldhammer, Frank; Martens, Thomas; Lüdtke, Oliver – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2017
Background: A potential problem of low-stakes large-scale assessments such as the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is low test-taking engagement. The present study pursued two goals in order to better understand conditioning factors of test-taking disengagement: First, a model-based approach was used to…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, International Assessment, Adults, Competence
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Nicholls, Shane; Wegener, Matt; Bay, Darlene; Cook, Gail Lynn – Accounting Education, 2012
Emotional intelligence is increasingly recognized as being important for professional career success. Skills related to emotional intelligence (e.g. organizational commitment, public speaking, teamwork, and leadership) are considered essential. Human resource professionals have begun including tests of emotional intelligence (EI) in job applicant…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Accounting, Business Administration Education
Kupfersmid, Joel – Communique, 2011
Approximately 52% of school psychologists with doctorate degrees take the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) each year. A passing score on the EPPP is a mandatory requirement in all 50 states and in most provinces in Canada for licensure as an independent provider of psychological services. Approximately 300 students…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Psychological Services, School Psychologists, Multiple Choice Tests
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Childs, Ruth A. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2009
Grade 3 teachers in Ontario must administer the Primary Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics to their students. In this study, we analyze how four teachers framed and addressed the problem of the stress some of their students experienced when sitting the test. The teachers framed the problem in different ways: as related to students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Educational Policy, Elementary School Teachers
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Kirby, John R.; Silvestri, Robert; Allingham, Beth H.; Parrila, Rauno; La Fave, Chantal B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
The present study describes the self-reported learning strategies and study approaches of college and university students with and without dyslexia and examines the relationship of those characteristics with reading ability. Students with (n = 36) and without (n = 66) dyslexia completed tests measuring reading rate, reading comprehension, reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Test Wiseness, Dyslexia, Time Management
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Cheng, Liying; Klinger, Don A.; Zheng, Ying – Language Testing, 2007
Results from the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) indicate that English as a Second Language (ESL) and English Literacy Development (ELD) students have comparatively low success and high deferral rates. This study examined the 2002 and 2003 OSSLT test performances of ESL/ELD and non-ESL/ELD students in order to identify and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Literacy
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Beauchamp, David P.; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1979
Differences were investigated in performance between third-grade American and Canadian children on two subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised. Results were discussed in terms of Canadian and American curriculum contents and test-taking experiences. (Author/JKS)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Educational Experience
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Rogers, W. Todd; Bateson, David J. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1991
Thirty-six testwise and 41 test-naive high school seniors in British Columbia (Canada) were tested to determine their abilities to apply selected test wiseness principles according to a proposed model of test-taking behavior. To apply the testwiseness strategy, students first needed knowledge of the content tested and test item content. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries, High School Seniors
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