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Powers, Donald E. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1993
Several available summaries of research on coaching for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are described, and their principal findings are discussed. Several additional studies are reviewed, and their findings are related to the summaries. Overall, the effects of coaching may be less than many students suppose. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, Course Evaluation, High School Students
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Yi'an, Wu – Language Testing, 1998
Investigated the test-taking processes of English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) testees taking a multiple choice listening-comprehension test, evaluating the effectiveness of immediate retrospection for accessing such processes. Linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge was activated in a parallel manner for all subjects with input of various…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
South Carolina Educational Television Network Columbia. – 1992
This guide contains student self-study materials for five instructional television programs designed to assist adult students in developing their abilities to study and learn. The guide covers five theme areas: the power of questioning; time management; reading, note-taking, and recall; concentration; and preparation for examinations. The student…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Distance Education, Educational Television
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1995
This set of materials contains three booklets that provide information to parents so they can assist and lead their children to productive adulthood. Each booklet examines several topics relating to parent participation. "Parents: The Key to a Child's Success" helps parents in preparing and supporting their children for success in…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Habit Formation, Homework, Junior High School Students
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LaSasso, Carol J. – 1997
This paper discusses the difficulties deaf and hard-of-hearing children (d/hh) have in test taking and the test-taking strategies they use, such as visual matching of words in the text to words in the question. These specific strategies are different from those used by children without disabilities. Also examined are the characteristics and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Deafness, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Shipman-Campbell, Alice – 1994
A practicum was developed to increase the number and success rate of junior Honors English students--63 students who were 62% Latino and 38% African-American--taking the English Advanced Placement (AP) examinations. Test strategies that were designed to allay students' innate fears about tests in general and specifically about English language and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement, Early Intervention, English Instruction
Gentry, Janine M.; Perry, James S. – 1993
This study examines the relationship between test-wiseness, memory, and grade-point average in college students. Test wiseness is defined as a subject's capacity to utilize the characteristics and format of a test to receive a higher score, independent of the examinee's knowledge of the subject matter. Researchers hypothesized that test-wiseness…
Descriptors: College Students, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Ricard, Richard J.; And Others – 1990
This study examined children's problem solving strategies by testing the verbal and mathematical abilities of 52 second-grade and 51 fourth-grade students. After being identified as either reflective or impulsive, based on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test, the children were given grade-appropriate mathematical and verbal reasoning problems…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education
Schaeffer, Evonne L. – 1993
Context effects in test taking were explored, paying attention to the psychological processes that occur during test taking, and modeling context effects for each individual at the item block level. A sample of 279 high school students (140 females and 139 males) was chosen to yield adequate power for detecting interactions. Reading test forms…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Difficulty Level, High School Students
Calkins, Lucy; Montgomery, Kate; Santman, Donna – 1998
This book is meant to be a guide to standardized reading tests, to help teachers live with tests. Standardized, norm-referenced reading tests are a fact of life for most teachers. The suggestions in this book are drawn form the experience of teachers in the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College, Columbia University. Part…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Norm Referenced Tests
Andrews, Katrina M. – 1998
The education system of the United States is rated on the performance of students on large-scale standardized tests. In addition, a major portion of a student's grade for a course is based on the level of performance on classroom tests. Since this is the case, the education system must take testing and the results of testing very seriously. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Strategies
VanLeirsburg, Peggy; Johns, Jerry L. – 1991
The widespread use of standardized tests and the high stakes decisions made because of their scores are facts that cannot be ignored. It can be argued, therefore, that assessment literacy should be included in the training of teachers and administrators. To determine the extent of selected assessment knowledge among preservice and inservice…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Higher Education
Cushing, Katherine S.; And Others – 1989
The instructional effectiveness of commercially prepared test preparation materials was studied using Riverside Publishing Company's "Improving Test-Taking Skills" materials. The study further investigated differential effects of test-taking instruction as a result of student characteristics. In the first year of the study (1986-87),…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Macduff, Nancy – 1989
Some factors that should be considered when administering tests to adults include the following: (1) adults have a difficult time adapting to new things; (2) everyone resists change to some degree; (3) change requires new learning; (4) various things influence a person's ability to learn new things and make changes; (5) childhood events can…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Hulick, Chuck; Higginson, Bonnie – 1989
This paper reports on an investigation of study strategies of 514 college freshmen at Murray State University (Kentucky) enrolled in a Freshman Orientation class. A demographic questionnaire and the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) were administered. Responses on the LASSI are categorized into ten subscales (attitude, motivation,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, College Freshmen
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