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Baird, Jo-Anne; Caro, Daniel H.; Hopfenbeck, Therese N. – Irish Educational Studies, 2016
Entirely predictable examinations are ones for which the questions are known in advance. Some assessments are designed this way, but in public examinations, predictability is subtler. Students familiarise themselves with the requirements broadly: likely topics that will come up, question formats and how to maximise their marks. If students can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Stakes Tests, Student Attitudes, Test Wiseness