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Horn, Savannah; Hernick, Marcy – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
Test-enhanced learning has successfully been used as a means to enhance learning and promote knowledge retention in students. We have examined whether this approach could be used in a biochemistry course to enhance student learning about lipids-related concepts. Students were provided access to two optional learning modules with questions related…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods, Learning Modules
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Wüst, Kirsten; Beck, Hanno – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2012
In the last two decades, much empirical research has been done in the field of behavioral economics to explain the psychological foundations for economic decisions. In particular, it has been shown that people exhibit time-inconsistent behavior when making intertemporal decisions, i.e., they demand higher interest rates for a delay of their…
Descriptors: Test Wiseness, Test Preparation, Time Management, Decision Making
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Wu, Jessica R. W. – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2012
The General English Proficiency Test (GEPT) is a 5-level, criterion-referenced English as a Foreign Language (EFL) testing system implemented in Taiwan to assess the general English proficiency of EFL learners. In 1999, with the aim of encouraging the general study of English and to result in beneficial washback effects on the teaching and…
Descriptors: Testing, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
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Petchauer, Emery – New Educator, 2016
This article reports findings from a 3-year qualitative study exploring the experiences of African American preservice teachers as they prepared for the Praxis "basic skills" teacher-licensure exam, a gatekeeper to many teacher-education programs. Using the construct of self-efficacy, results illustrate how students assess their Praxis…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Teacher Certification
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Lu, Ying; Weinberg, Sharon L. – Educational Researcher, 2016
The New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) gifted-and-talented programs aim to support all students of exceptional learning potential within the public school system. Using proprietary data made available to us by the NYC DOE, we show, however, that substantial disparities exist in the rates of gifted-and-talented admission test taking,…
Descriptors: Gifted, Talent, Preschool Education, Tests
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Fleet, Wendy – Accounting Education, 2013
As academics we often assume that allocating marks to a task will influence student decision-making when it comes to completing that task. Marks are used by lecturers to indicate the relative importance of each of the criteria used for marking the assessment task and we expect the student to respond to the marks' allocation. This Postcard suggests…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Student Attitudes
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Meek, Sally; Ashmead, Amanda – Social Education, 2013
The first step in teaching-to-understand economics is not teaching "the rules," but working with fundamental economic models from the outset. Many of the concepts in economics are illustrated through models. Students must: (1) be able to draw these models; (2) understand the assumptions of the models; and (3) use the models for analysis.…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Concept Teaching, Models
Rodriguez, Awilda; McKillip, Mary E. M.; Niu, Sunny X. – College Board, 2013
In this report, the authors examine the impact of scoring a 1 or 2 on an AP® Exam in 10th grade on later AP Exam participation and performance. As access to AP courses increases within and across schools, a growing number of students are taking AP courses and exams in the earlier grades of high school. Using a matched sample of AP and no-AP…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students, Grade 10
Rice, Stephen; Geels, Kasha; Trafimow, David; Hackett, Holly – Online Submission, 2011
Test scores are used to assess one's general knowledge of a specific area. Although strategies to improve test performance have been previously identified, the consistency with which one uses these strategies has not been analyzed in such a way that allows assessment of how much consistency affects overall performance. Participants completed one…
Descriptors: Performance, Test Theory, Reliability, Knowledge Level
Baker-Doyle, Kira; Petchauer, Emery – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2015
In many countries, including the United States, England, Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan, individuals must pass some form of examination for entry into or completion of a teacher education program (Wang, Coleman, Coley, & Phelps, 2003). These exams are meant to act as gatekeeping mechanisms for teacher quality. In the majority of the countries…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Licensing Examinations (Professions), High Stakes Tests, Standardized Tests
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Li, Hongli; Suen, Hoi K. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2015
This study examines how Chinese ESL learners recognize English words while responding to a multiple-choice reading test as compared to Romance-language-speaking ESL learners. Four adult Chinese ESL learners and three adult Romance-language-speaking ESL learners participated in a think-aloud study with the Michigan English Language Assessment…
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Romance Languages
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Obinne, A.D.E. – World Journal of Education, 2012
The 3-parameter model of Item Response Theory gives the probability of an individual (examinee) responding correctly to an item without being sure of all the facts. That is known as guessing. Guessing could be a strategy employed by examinees to earn more marks. The way an item is constructed could expose the item to guessing by the examinee. A…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Test Items, Guessing (Tests), Probability
Higdon, Julie; Holcomb, Linda Laine – Phi Delta Kappa International, 2012
Standardized testing time often creates a nervous atmosphere in classrooms. In past years one of the authors joined a chorus of teachers singing her own woes about the infamous test. She increased her daily caffeine intake, lost sleep, and became a nervous, crazed teacher who had turned her classroom into a test prep center. Her aha moment came…
Descriptors: Testing, Standardized Tests, Test Anxiety, Student Needs
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Jensen, Nate; Rice, Andrew; Soland, James – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2018
While most educators assume that not all students try their best on achievement tests, no current research examines if behaviors associated with low test effort, like rapidly guessing on test items, affect teacher value-added estimates. In this article, we examined the prevalence of rapid guessing to determine if this behavior varied by grade,…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Value Added Models, Achievement Tests, Test Items
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Liu, Ou Lydia; Bridgeman, Brent; Gu, Lixiong; Xu, Jun; Kong, Nan – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2015
Research on examinees' response changes on multiple-choice tests over the past 80 years has yielded some consistent findings, including that most examinees make score gains by changing answers. This study expands the research on response changes by focusing on a high-stakes admissions test--the Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning measures…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, High Stakes Tests, Graduate Study, Verbal Ability
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