Know the Test: One Component of Test Preparation.

Jackson, Evelyn W.; McGlinn, Shirley

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ERIC Number: EJ616134

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Know the Test: One Component of Test Preparation.

Jackson, Evelyn W.; McGlinn, Shirley

Journal of College Reading and Learning, v31 n1 p84-93 Fall 2000

Studies the effect of knowing the test as one aspect of a test preparation strategy with 57 premedical post-baccalaureate students. Finds that results emphasize the value of first-hand experience with a facsimile of a test and the importance of analyzing the structure and format to improve test performance. (NH)

Descriptors: Educational Principles, Educational Research, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Test Anxiety, Test Coaching, Test Wiseness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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