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Direct linkShuxin Di – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Taking tests can trigger multiple emotions. To regulate emotions we might experience during test-taking situations, strategies such as reappraisal and suppression are often used. This study aimed to investigate if college students' cultural values affect their emotion regulation in test-taking situations. The sample included 298 college students.…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Self Management, Psychological Patterns, Testing
Han, Lu – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation study explored the feasibility of using authenticated spoken texts to test L2 Chinese listening comprehension. The spoken texts used in the study were created using an "authenticating" technique, in which scripted spoken Chinese texts were infused with characteristics of real-world, unscripted spoken Chinese. In the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension Tests, Chinese
Zilberberg, Anna – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Recent calls for an increase in educational accountability in K-16 resulted in an uptick of low-stakes testing and, consequently, an increased need for ensuring that students' test scores are reliable and valid representations of their true ability. Focusing on accountability testing in higher education, the current program of research was…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Accountability, Testing, Educational Assessment
Barry, Carol L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
As the emphasis on accountability in education increases, so does the prevalence of low-stakes testing. It is essential to understand test-taking motivation in low-stakes contexts, as low motivation has implications for the validity of inferences made from test scores about examinee knowledge and ability. The current study expanded upon previous…
Descriptors: Testing, Predictor Variables, Goal Orientation, Cognitive Tests
Araiza, Ricardo – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this replication study was to determine the degree to which teachers and administrators in selected low-achieving Title I elementary schools: 1. Report that they teach the following test-taking skills to prepare their students to take the CST: establishing an appropriate student attitude toward testing, familiarity with the…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Test Wiseness, Middle Schools, Test Content
Dudley, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this action research case study was to explore attitudes and beliefs regarding strategies to improve math placement scores for low-socioeconomic community college students at an urban campus. Using a pragmatic worldview, qualitative techniques were used to gather data to explore this problem at a single community college located in…
Descriptors: Refresher Courses, Community Colleges, Action Research, Testing
