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April L. Millet; Emre Dinç; Timothy J. Bralower – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2024
This study aimed to examine the effect of four types of assessment on overall student success in an online college-level climate change course. Quizzes, midterms, lab assignments, and a capstone project as well as knowledge check questions were used to assess different aspects of student learning, consistent with Bloom's taxonomy hierarchy.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Test Format, Tests, Laboratory Experiments
Matošková, Jana; Kovárík, Martin – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
It has been suggested that tacit knowledge may be a good predictor of performance in college. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which a situational judgment test developed to measure tacit knowledge correlates with predictors and indicators of college performance. This situational judgment test includes eight situations…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Predictor Variables, Situational Tests
Conley, Carolyn S.; Barnes, Laura L. B. – 1990
The effects of three methods of evaluation (norm-referenced, regulated criterion-referenced, and negotiated criterion-referenced) on academic self-concept (ASC), test anxiety, and aspiration of success were studied for 73 college students (71 females and 2 males) from a large midwestern research university. Students were given a limited amount of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Analogy, College Students
Badger, Elizabeth – 1990
Data from science and mathematics tests administered to 12th graders in Massachusetts were analyzed to compare the use of multiple-choice items with that of open-ended questions. Specifically, the study was designed to determine the statistical equivalence of the two types of test items, the information yielded by the items, and the grounds upon…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Grade 12, High School Students

Bolger, Niall; Kellaghan, Thomas – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1990
Gender differences in scholastic achievement as a function of measurement method were examined by comparing performance of 739 15-year-old boys and 758 15-year-old girls in Irish high schools on multiple-choice and free-response tests of mathematics, Irish, and English achievement. Method-based gender differences are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Comparative Testing, English
Badger, Elizabeth; Thomas, Brenda – 1989
In the spring of 1988, the Massachusetts Department of Education administered its second biennial assessment (the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program), testing students in grades 4, 8, and 12 in reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. This report discusses the use of open-ended questions in one form of the science tests.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Thomas, Brenda – 1989
In the spring of 1988, the Massachusetts Department of Education administered its second biennial assessment (the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program) of students in grades 4, 8, and 12 in reading, mathematics, science, and social studies. This report discusses the use of open-ended questions in the tests of social studies. One-twelfth of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Current Events, Elementary School Students