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Postman, Neil – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1980
Observes that the improvement of reading scores is not a legitimate educational goal, notes that reading abilities are inseparable from other modes of linguistic expression, and proposes many types of activities for teaching language in a context involving increasing knowledge of the uses of language in different subjects. (GT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Definitions, Educational Objectives
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Pohlman, Mary; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1979
A simulated Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) was administered to 39 premedical students two weeks prior to the new MCAT. High correlations between simulated and active test scores were obtained in the biology, chemistry, physics, science problems, reading, and quantitative areas. (MH)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Diagnostic Tests, Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education
Shin, Ilsoon – Dialog on Language Instruction, 1997
Discusses student evaluation in foreign-language courses and argues that passing a multiple-choice test should not be a course objective. Suggests that achieving such an objective does not ensure that students understand the topic or that they will use their new knowledge in new situations, nor that they know how to analyze to the appropriate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Choice Tests
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Anderson, Ora Sterling – Action in Teacher Education, 1989
Results of a survey of historically Black colleges' teacher education student recruitment and retention strategies are reported. Two programs that enhance minority teacher training are discussed. The Southern Regional Education Board Project seeks to improve minority standardized test pass rates; the Teaching Effectiveness Network promotes teacher…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Abedi, Jamal; Bruno, James – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1989
Reports the results of several test-reliability experiments which compared a modified confidence weighted-admissible probability measurement (MCW-APM) with conventional forced choice or binary type (R-W) test scoring methods. Psychometric properties using G theory and conventional correlational methods are examined, and their implications for…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation
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Sabato, George F. – Social Studies Review, 1995
Maintains that there is nothing more relevant in the lives of middle school students than being caught up in the competitive spirit of a game. Describes the use of a football-type classroom game as a methodology for helping students plan for a unit test. Includes game objectives and step-by-step instructional procedures. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competition, Intermediate Grades, Learning Strategies
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Brooke, Stephanie L. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1995
Provides evaluation of Cliffs' GRE StudyWare package (Bobrow, 1992). Discusses the educational implications of using Cliffs' approach, in addition to focusing on software considerations. Makes recommendations concerning Cliffs' method for Graduate Record Examination (GRE) preparation. (Author/LKS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education
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Charlesworth, Rosalind; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1994
Since the late 1960s, curriculum and instruction have increasingly become "test driven." Research documents the negative effects of standardized testing on instruction, students, and teachers. At their best, tests reflect students' ability to take tests. Research supports the need for change in testing policies. Massive testing must be eliminated,…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Problems, Evaluation Methods, Group Testing
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Cohen, S. Alan; Hyman, Joan S. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1991
This paper responds to an article that criticizes S. A. Cohen's position on the application of instructional alignment to teaching test wiseness. The value and ethics of using certain types of norm-referenced tests are criticized, based on data for the Missouri Mastery Achievement Test. (TJH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Mastery Tests, Norm Referenced Tests
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Naveh-Benjamin, Moshe – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
To investigate whether there are 2 types of test-anxious students, those with poor study skills and those with difficulties in retrieving material, study skills training or anxiety desensitization were provided to 84 high test-anxious university students in Israel. Results support the theory of two types of test-anxious students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Desensitization
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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
Maylone, Nelson – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2004
Achievement gaps in standardized tests consist of the differences between test scores of students of color and those of white students and between scores of poor children and those of their wealthier peers. Maylone determines student testing behaviors, herein referred to as TestThink, which reflect differences in students' abilities to behave in…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, White Students, Test Bias, Socioeconomic Status
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Sundre, Donna L.; Kitsantas, Anastasia – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2004
This study examined the predictive power of self-regulated strategies and test-taking motivation on achievement performances under consequential and non-consequential test conditions. Sixty-two undergraduate students were asked to take two parallel classroom tests: one that counted towards their class grade (consequential) and one that did not…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Test Wiseness, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Willis, Judy – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006
The author of this book combs through brain research and pulls out the information that is most valid and relevant to classroom teaching. It describes how to enhance students' memory and test-taking abilities and presents ways to captivate and hold students' attention and encourage their participation and progress. This is the first book ever…
Descriptors: Memory, Study Guides, Brain, Educational Change
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Turner, Haley C.; Bliss, Stacy L.; Hautau, Briana; Carroll, Erin; Jaspers, Kathryn E.; Williams, Robert L. – Journal of General Education, 2006
Although past research indicates that giving brief quizzes, administered either regularly or randomly, may lead to improvement in students' performance on major exams, negligible research has targeted daily writing activities that require the processing of course information at a deeper level than might result from simply reading course materials…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Predictor Variables, Multiple Choice Tests, Enrichment Activities
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