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Wasylkiw, Louise; Tomes, Jennifer L.; Smith, Francine – Journal of Experimental Education, 2008
In 3 studies, the authors examined the prevalence and effects of a testing strategy whereby they gave a set of items to participants in advance and subsequently tested them on a portion of those items (i.e., subset testing). In a survey of university instructors, Study 1 showed that subset testing is a commonly used testing strategy. In this…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Incidence, Definitions, Testing
Lee, Jia-Ying – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The main purpose of this study was to compare the strategies used by Chinese-speaking students when confronted with familiar versus unfamiliar topics in a multiple-choice format reading comprehension test. The focus was on describing what students do when they are taking reading comprehension tests by asking students to verbalize their thoughts.…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Teaching Methods, Statistical Analysis, English (Second Language)
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Roebers, Claudia M.; Schmid, Corinne; Roderer, Thomas – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Background: Within the context of students' self-regulated learning, the interplay between learners' individual characteristics and the context of testing have been emphasized for assessing learning outcomes. Aims: The present study examined metacognitive monitoring and control processes in elementary schoolchildren's test taking behaviour and…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Metacognition, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
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Garn, Alex; Sun, Haichun – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2009
The use of fitness testing is a practical means for measuring components of health-related fitness, but there is currently substantial debate over the motivating effects of these tests. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the cross-fertilization of achievement and friendship goal profiles for early adolescents involved in the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Testing, Physical Fitness, Early Adolescents
Pash, Lori L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Since No Child Left Behind was enacted, school districts have felt forced to focus on testing. Almost every curriculum decision is based on raising test scores. Under pressure to raise test scores, teachers are encouraged to implement strategies in their classrooms to prepare their students for the PSSA. No Child Left Behind has left school…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Teaching Methods
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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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Packard, Thomas; Austin, Michael J. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2009
While the case method has been used in teaching social work practice for many years, its use as an evaluation tool is less common. This analysis describes the use of the case method in a comprehensive examination for MSW students in an Administration concentration. After a brief review of the issues related to student outcome assessment and the…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Social Work, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Administrator Education
White, Marie C. – Online Submission, 2011
This study was designed to identify the help seeking behaviors of preservice teachers who are at risk for failure of state certification examinations through use of a scale adapted to the arena of teacher education, the Preservice Teacher Help Seeking Scales (PTHSS). In the past, self-report measures of help seeking behavior patterns have been…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Certification, Behavior Patterns
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Finn, Bridgid; Metcalfe, Janet – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2007
According to the Memory for Past Test (MPT) heuristic, judgments of learning (JOLs) may be based, in part, on memory for the correctness of answers on a previous test. The authors explored MPT as the source of the underconfidence with practice effect (UWP; A. Koriat, L. Sheffer, & H. Ma'ayan, 2002), whereby Trial 1 overconfidence switches to …
Descriptors: Memory, Recall (Psychology), Testing, Predictor Variables
Chauncey, Caroline T., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Online Testing, Version 1.0: Oregon's Adaptive Computer-Based Accountability Test Offers a Peek at a Brave New Future (Robert Rothman); (2) Beyond…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Homosexuality, Educational Policy, Sexual Identity
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Kudliskis, Voldis; Burden, Robert – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2009
The strengths and weaknesses of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) are described with reference to its origins, previous research and comments from critics and supporters. A case is made for this allegedly theoretical approach to provide the kind of outcomes focused intervention that psychology and psychologists can offer to schools. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychology, Secondary School Students, Models
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Ruairc, Gerry Mac – Irish Educational Studies, 2009
The recent decision by the Department of Education and Science in the Republic of Ireland to introduce the mandatory testing of children in Irish primary schools provides the broad context for this paper. This decision has particular implications for schools designated as disadvantaged. The main focus of this study is on identifying the strategies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Schools, Standardized Tests, Disadvantaged Youth
Conrad, Lori L.; Matthews, Missy; Zimmerman, Cheryl; Allen, Patrick A. – Stenhouse Publishers, 2008
Just as comprehension strategies have helped millions of students learn to read like proficient readers, they can also help students think like effective test-takers. The authors show how students can use background knowledge, mental images, synthesizing, monitoring, inferring, questioning, and determining of importance to understand the genre of…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
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Broekkamp, Hein; Van Hout-Wolters, Bernadette H. A. M. – Educational Psychology Review, 2007
According to theories of students' test preparation, students may optimize their test performance by paying special attention to important information and processing this information in ways that are appropriate to the type of questions included in the forthcoming test. However, research is unclear about the conditions under which students adapt…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Tests, Test Wiseness
Harpin, Lisa J. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2010
The research on parent involvement in education indicates that, in most cases, when parents play an active role in their children's education, academic achievement improves. As a result, schools are now mandated to incorporate parent involvement in the educational process. Educators are faced with the challenge of creating ways to engage parents…
Descriptors: Parent Student Relationship, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
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