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Peer reviewedAllan, Alistair – Language Testing, 1992
The design of a valid and reliable test of test-wiseness is reported: a 33-item multiple-choice instrument with 4 subscales trialed with several groups of English-as-a-Second-Language students. Findings indicate differential skills in test-taking; some learner scores are influenced by skills that are not the focus of the test. (13 references)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Research, Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
