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Manxia Dong; Boyu Wang – Language Testing in Asia, 2025
This study aimed to explore the relationship between students' understanding of the National Matriculation English Test (NMET) and their learning practices through standard multiple regression (SMR) and structural equation modeling (SEM) with the purpose of unraveling the working mechanism of washback. A total number of 3105 Chinese senior high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Seniors, Test Construction, Test Use
Zehao Li – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2024
In this study, the evaluation of mathematical proficiency (MP) in one NSW Year 12 standardised exam paper was investigated. By considering the multi-strand model of MP, a literature-based criteria for scoring the assessment of MP in individual exam questions was first developed. The criteria were then applied to quantitatively evaluate the 2023…
Descriptors: Scoring, Mathematics Tests, Test Construction, Grade 12
Bin Gao; Xiaoyun Chai; Quanwei Shen; Jiamei Lu; Li Li – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
In the context of examination-oriented education and the pressure of college entrance examinations (known as the "Gaokao"), Chinese high school students often experience academic burnout. Previous research has shown that effort-reward imbalance (ERI) is an important predictor of academic burnout among high school students, but the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Burnout, Stress Variables, Foreign Countries
Moosa Ali Abdullah Alhadi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Geometry education is an important aspect of STEM education and career development, but it is often overlooked in K-12 education in the United States. Although there is some research on teaching geometry to students with learning difficulties at the elementary level, there is a lack of research on teaching advanced geometry skills at high school…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Cognitive Ability
Fernandes, Vitor Borsatto; Tavares, Igor Ferreira; Magalhães, Giovana de Aquino; de Oliveira Prado, Danielle Gonçalves; de Oliveira Prado, Isabelle Gonçalves; Vieira, Lucas Augusto – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
Brazil is a country that does not invest enough in basic education, thus leaving a gap in the knowledge of young people studying in public schools and jeopardizing their future. One of the main ways to get into college in Brazil is through the National High School Exam (ENEM), a multiple-choice test administered by the National Institute of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, Test Preparation, Test Coaching
Summers, Miriam M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Research shows that educators working in General Education Development (GED) preparation classes lack research-based instructional practice. Current research further implies that using research-based instructional practices is beneficial to adult learners. The location of this study was a local public community college and satellite locations in a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, High School Equivalency Programs, Adult Education, Equivalency Tests
Sugianto, Ellen – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2023
South Australia's PISA performance has been in constant decline since 2003 with the proportion of PISA participants meeting the Australian national proficient standard dropping from 73% (in 2003) to 50% (in 2018). In contrast, Singapore is a consistently strong performer. To better understand student readiness in answering PISA questions, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
Yüzüak, Ahmet Volkan; Recepkethüda, Recep – Science Education International, 2022
This study aimed to determine science teachers' opinions about the skills-based questions (SBQs) used in Turkey's high school's entrance exam. In this study, the phenomenology method was used. The study consisted of 15 participants working as science teachers with at least 5 years of professional experience in public schools in different provinces…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Admission (School)
Leonardo Augusto Luvison Araújo; Renata Aparecida Dos Santos Alitto – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate Brazilian school teacher attitudes and approaches to biodiversity education. We aim to specifically compare the amount of native biodiversity topics as measured by teachers' reports of their teaching emphasis. The study involved 147 teachers from all geographic regions of the country, who…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Biodiversity, Foreign Countries
Hannon, Rebekah – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
It is no secret that many adult learners who enter GED® preparatory programs across the country experienced hardship and difficulty in K-12 schools. Often, many of these same students had to battle with learning disabilities such as ADD/ADHD, making school and learning an even more challenging task. Learning and concentration difficulties are…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Test Preparation, Adult Students
Shana, Zuhrieh A.; El Shareef, Marwan A. – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This paper is a quasi-experimental investigation into the effectiveness of using analogy in teaching new and unfamiliar physics concepts to students enrolled in a British curriculum school in the United Arab Emirates. The students (N = 34) were randomly assigned to one of two groups: the control group (N = 17) following the traditional teaching…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Language Usage, Figurative Language
Conway, Jeffrey; Steedle, Jeffrey – ACT, Inc., 2020
This study highlights the importance of clear communication in fostering career readiness. Students exhibit higher motivation on achievement tests when they understand the value of an assessment and are able to familiarize themselves with the exam prior to testing. Increased communication regarding the work requirements of local employers can…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, High School Students, Teaching Methods, School Surveys
Eric Don Neely – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) English II and Algebra I scores correlate with American College Testing (ACT) English and Mathematics scores, to examine the methods teachers use to prepare students for the MAAP test, and to determine whether these methods enhance…
Descriptors: College Readiness, College Entrance Examinations, Standardized Tests, State Standards
Abedi, Jamal; Zhang, Yu; Rowe, Susan E.; Lee, Hansol – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2020
Research indicates that the performance-gap between English Language Learners (ELLs) and their non-ELL peers is partly due to ELLs' difficulty in understanding assessment language. Accommodations have been shown to narrow this performance-gap, but many accommodations studies have not used a randomized design and are based on relatively small…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Achievement Gap, Mathematics Tests, Standards
High Stakes Testing Cancellation and Its Impact on EFL Teaching and Learning: Lessons from Indonesia
Ashadi; Margana; Mukminatun, Siti; Utami, Amrih Bekti – International Journal of Language Education, 2022
The differential impacts of high stakes testing (HST) on curriculum, pedagogy, students learning, teacher professional development, and equity have been known in the literature, but its cancellation impact is not yet known. Situated in the post cancellation policy in Indonesian education system, this study seeks to explore the impacts of such…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction