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Students' Geographic Knowledge and Skills in Different Kinds of Tests: Multiple-Choice versus Performance Assessment.
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Kon, Jane Heckley; Martin-Kniep, Giselle O. – Social Education, 1992
Describes a case study to determine whether performance tests are a feasible alternative to multiple-choice tests. Examines the difficulties of administering and scoring performance assessments. Explains that the study employed three performance tests and one multiple-choice test. Concludes that performance test administration and scoring was no…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Educational Testing, Geography Instruction
Test Structure, Human Capital, and Student Performance on Economics Exams.
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Caudill, Steven B.; Gropper, Daniel M. – Journal of Economic Education, 1991
Presents a study of the effect of question order on student performance on economics tests. Reports that question order has no statistically significant effect on examination scores, even after including variables that reflect differential human capital characteristics. Concludes that instructors need not worry that some examination versions give…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Educational Research, Higher Education, Human Capital
Reflection-Impulsivity and the Performance of Fifth-Grade Children on Two Art Tasks.
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Gregory, Diane C. – Studies in Art Education, 1989
Reports a study of 56 fifth graders that questioned whether the cognitive style of reflection-impulsivity could be measured by students' performance on 2 art-related tests. Found that cognitive style was not a strong predictor of artistic performance. (GG)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression, Cognitive Measurement