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The Effects of Knowledge of Results and Test Difficulty on Ability Test Performance and Psychological Reactions to Testing. Research Report 78-2.

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Prestwood, J. Stephen; Weiss, David J. – 1978

Volunteer college students were assigned to one of six computer administered vocabulary tests, one half with immediate knowledge of results (KR) after responding to each item, and the other half without knowledge of results. The six tests were designed to be at one of three levels of difficulty and consisted either of 50 preselected items…

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adaptive Testing, Anxiety, Computer Assisted Testing

Psychological Effects of Immediate Knowledge of Results and Adaptive Ability Testing. Research Report 76-4.

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Betz, Nancy E.; Weiss, David J. – 1976

The effects of providing immediate knowledge of results (KR) and adaptive testing on test anxiety and test-taking motivation were investigated. Also studied was the accuracy of student perceptions of the difficulty of adaptive and conventional tests administered with or without immediate knowledge of results. Testees were 350 college students…

Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Anxiety, Branching