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Crocker, Linda; Schmitt, Alicia – Journal of Experimental Education, 1987
The effectiveness of a strategy for improving performance on multiple-choice items for examinees was assessed using an aptitude-treatment interaction model. Results showed that for low-anxious examinees, generation of an answer before selecting a response led to higher performance, but not for highly anxious examinees. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Behavior Rating Scales, College Students
Ogura, Yoriko – College Board Review, 1987
For students in Japan, job opportunities and future success are closely correlated with the status of the universities they attend. Preparation for entrance examinations begins in elementary school, and the student's school career is spent in an atmosphere of intense preparation and competition. MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Bound Students
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Powers, Donald E. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1987
Data on test familiarity effects on Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) analytical ability scores (EJ 304 980) were reanalyzed. Little difference was found among subgroups: age, ethnic groups, degree aspiration, English language dominance, and GRE scores. Test preparation included practice, knowledge of results, and strategies for each item type.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Carlisle, Kenneth E. – Training and Development Journal, 1985
Describes how a public service company developed a four-day course designed to evaluate trainees' learning ability and upgrade their study skills. Examines the structured group pretest of trainees' entry study skills, the benefits of being a goal-oriented trainee, the PREP (preview, read, examine, prompt) Study System, memory recall, and test…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Goal Orientation, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories
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Simpson, Michele L. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Explains a five-step study strategy (PORPE) that can be used in any content area: Predicting potential essay questions to guide subsequent study; Organizing key ideas using own words; Rehearsing the key ideas; Practicing the recall of the key ideas in self-assigned writing tasks; and Evaluating the completeness, accuracy, and appropriateness of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Essay Tests
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Johnston, Peter – Reading Research Quarterly, 1984
Reports on a study providing evidence that prior knowledge influences the comprehension of texts and that the effect is not because of contrived materials or other validity problems. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Prior Learning
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Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. – 2001
The purpose of this writing sampler is to provide teachers and students with work representing each of the rubric score points for the stand alone writing prompt on the 2001 Delaware Student Testing Program. The student papers included in this document are part of the "anchor sets" (collections of scored student work "anchored"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards, Student Evaluation
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, Washington, DC. – 1997
This selected bibliography, a companion piece to "Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities, lists 165 print resources on teaching students with learning disabilities how to learn by teaching them how to use learning strategies. Items were published from 1988 through 1997. Some items listed present overviews of the field, from research…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Instruction. – 1999
Designed to give primary school teachers some of the tools necessary to prepare their students to do well on the performance based Missouri Assessment Program (MAP), this booklet provides released items from the 1997-1998 MAP Communication Arts test. MAP consists of three reading passages followed by constructed-response items, a formal writing…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Performance Based Assessment, Primary Education, Reading Achievement
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Instruction. – 1999
Designed to give middle school teachers some of the tools necessary to prepare their students to do well on the performance based Missouri Assessment Program (MAP), this booklet provides released items from the 1997-1998 MAP Communication Arts test. MAP consists of three reading passages followed by constructed-response items, a formal writing…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Middle Schools, Performance Based Assessment, Reading Achievement
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Instruction. – 1999
Designed to give high school teachers some of the tools necessary to prepare their students to do well on the performance based Missouri Assessment Program (MAP), this booklet provides released items from the 1997-1998 MAP Communication Arts test. MAP consists of three reading passages followed by constructed-response items, a formal writing…
Descriptors: Grade 11, High Schools, Performance Based Assessment, Reading Achievement
Gorman, Michael E. – College Board Review, 1981
Some practical tips for college students on how to succeed in getting good grades are provided. Different strategies for taking multiple choice and essay tests, and hints on how to write term papers are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Essay Tests, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
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Alexander, Patricia A.; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1994
Investigates the nature of teacher questioning and its relationship to what learners consider important to remember when processing exposition. Focuses on questions that have been determined to be of high, medium, or low structural importance. Finds that students are relatively aware of the information that their teachers will test and that this…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Questioning Techniques, Reading Processes
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Marin, Gerardo; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1992
Studies response style characteristics among 1,908 Hispanic Americans and 14,425 non-Hispanic whites in 4 studies. Hispanic Americans prefer extreme responses on rating scales more than do non-Hispanic Americans. Hispanic Americans are more likely to agree with a given item. Results are discussed in the contexts of acculturation and education.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adults, Comparative Testing, Educational Background
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Casteel, Clifton A. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1991
The effects of answer-changing on a multiple-choice test were studied for 27 poor readers and 26 good readers (19 males and 34 females) in eighth grade. Overall, subjects benefited from answer-changing. Answer-changing among young examinees should be encouraged if there is reasonable doubt about their first impression. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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