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le Cordeur, Michael – Perspectives in Education, 2014
For a number of years now, South Africa, like many other countries, has been debating a major paradigm shift in education, a shift from learning and teaching, which focused primarily on content to learning and teaching focused on outcomes. One of the most dramatic trends in education over the past decade has been the shift towards the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Literacy
Sanford, Tysha Lynette – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 2001, the No Child Left Behind legislature was introduced, along with the era of the highly qualified teacher. A highly qualified teacher meant that teachers not only had to graduate from an accredited teacher preparation program but also had to pass Praxis I and II tests. However, Praxis I became a test of elimination because teachers no…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Test Anxiety, Test Wiseness, Student Motivation
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Suprihadi; Assyarofi, Thomas Baharuddin – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2011
Perception about testing and preparation to take a test is usually actualized in what the students do before, during, and after testing. This research involves 50 students and 17 lecturers as respondents, and uses structured questionnaire as its instrument. The results of the analysis show that: 1) the test-taking strategy used by the students of…
Descriptors: Tests, Questionnaires, Test Wiseness, College Students
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Nicholls, Shane; Wegener, Matt; Bay, Darlene; Cook, Gail Lynn – Accounting Education, 2012
Emotional intelligence is increasingly recognized as being important for professional career success. Skills related to emotional intelligence (e.g. organizational commitment, public speaking, teamwork, and leadership) are considered essential. Human resource professionals have begun including tests of emotional intelligence (EI) in job applicant…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Intelligence Tests, Accounting, Business Administration Education
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Estaji, Masoomeh; Tajeddin, Zia – Language Testing in Asia, 2012
This study sought to explore the perspectives of learners involved in the IELTS Academic Writing Module courses. In particular, the study explored learner perspectives of motivation, test-taking anxiety, test-taking strategies, and the expectations students bring to their courses. This study adopted a mixed methodology and collected data through…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Writing Tests
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DeMars, Christine E.; Bashkov, Bozhidar M.; Socha, Alan B. – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2013
Examinee effort can impact the validity of scores on higher education assessments. Many studies of examinee effort have briefly noted gender differences, but gender differences in test-taking effort have not been a primary focus of research. This review of the literature brings together gender-related findings regarding three measures of examinee…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Scores, Student Motivation, Test Wiseness
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Al Fraidan, Abdullah; Al-Khalaf, Khadija – International Education Studies, 2012
Many studies have focused on the function of learners' strategies in a variety of EFL domains. However, research on test-taking strategies (TTSs) has been limited, even though such strategies might influence test scores and, as a result, test validity. Motivated by this fact and in light of our own experience as EFL test-makers, this article will…
Descriptors: Test Wiseness, Multiple Choice Tests, Arabs, English Language Learners
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Woods-Groves, Suzanne; Hua, Youjia; Therrien, William J.; Kaldenberg, Erica R.; Lucas, Kristin G.; Hendrickson, Jo M.; McAninch, Melissa J. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
This investigation explored the use of strategic instruction to improve the essay-test taking skills of young adults who were enrolled in a campus-based, post-secondary education program for individuals with developmental disabilities. A random assignment to treatment or control groups and a pre- and posttest design was used. The participants…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Writing Instruction, Essays, Test Wiseness
Feeley, Susan Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine whether multiple-choice and constructed-response items assessed prospective secondary mathematics teachers' understanding of the concept of function. The conceptual framework for the study was the Dreyfus and Eisenberg (1982) Function Block. The theoretical framework was Sierpinska's (1992, 1994)…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Sohn, Kitae – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2011
The hypothesis of acting White has been heatedly debated and influential over the last 20 years or so in explaining the Black-White test score gap. Recently, economists have joined the debate and started providing new theoretical and empirical analyses of the phenomenon. This paper critically reviews the arguments that have been advanced to…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Scores, Minority Groups, Racial Identification
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Pike, Gary R. – Assessment Update, 2011
In this article, the author reviews King and Kitchener's "Reflective Judgment Interview" ("RJI"). On the "RJI" website Patricia King notes that a widely espoused outcome of college is the ability to draw reasonable conclusions about complex issues based on incomplete and/or conflicting information. Drawing on the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Evaluative Thinking, Interviews, Reflective Teaching
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Brown, Kevin – CEA Forum, 2015
In this article, the author describes his project to take every standardized exam English majors students take. During the summer and fall semesters of 2012, the author signed up for and took the GRE General Test, the Praxis Content Area Exam (English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content Knowledge), the Senior Major Field Tests in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College English, Test Preparation, Standardized Tests
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Xie, Qin – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
This article reports an empirical study that examined the pattern of test preparation for College English Test Band 4 (CET4) and the differential effects of test preparation practices on its scores, thereby drawing implications for CET4 score validity. Data collection involved 1,003 test takers of CET4. A pretest was administered at the beginning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College English, Language Tests
Haynes, Phyllis Lynette Manuel – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the Test-Taking Strategy would improve performance on math curriculum-based assessments of students with disabilities, and if students reported an increased sense of math self-efficacy as a result of learning the Test-Taking Strategy. The Test-Taking Strategy uses mnemonics to teach strategies…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Tests, Statistical Analysis
Selekman, Janice; Wolfe, Linda C. – National Association of School Nurses (NJ3), 2010
The 2010 update to the resource you have been waiting for to help you prepare to take the National School Nurse Certification Exam. Dr. Janice Selekman DNSc, RN, NCSN, a recognized expert in pediatric nursing, and NASN Past President Linda C. Wolfe MEd, BSN, RN, NCSN, FNASN are the authors. This text was created in response to many years of…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Study Guides, Certification, Nursing
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