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Ghaderi, Marzieh; Mogholi, Marzieh; Soori, Afshin – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2014
Testing subject has many subsets and connections. One important issue is how to assess or measure students or learners. What would be our tools, what would be our style, what would be our goal and so on. So in this paper the author attended to the style of testing in school and other educational settings. Since the purposes of educational system…
Descriptors: Testing, Testing Programs, Intermode Differences, Computer Assisted Testing
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Hayes, Heather; Embretson, Susan E. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2013
Online and on-demand tests are increasingly used in assessment. Although the main focus has been cheating and test security (e.g., Selwyn, 2008) the cross-setting equivalence of scores as a function of contrasting test conditions is also an issue that warrants attention. In this study, the impact of environmental and cognitive distractions, as…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Problem Solving, Physical Environment
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Lewandowski, Lawrence; Gathje, Rebecca A.; Lovett, Benjamin J.; Gordon, Michael – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2013
College students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often request and receive extended time to complete high-stakes exams and classroom tests. This study examined the performances and behaviors of college students on computerized simulations of high-stakes exams. Thirty-five college students with ADHD were compared to 185 typical…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Testing, Vocabulary
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Pettijohn, Terry F., II; Sacco, Matthew F. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2007
We conducted 2 studies to investigate undergraduate performance, perceptions, and time required in completing sequentially ordered, randomly ordered, or reverse ordered exams in introductory psychology classes. Study 1 compared the outcomes and perceptions of students (N = 66) on 3 non-comprehensive multiple-choice exams which were sequentially,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Psychology, Test Anxiety
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Powers, Donald E. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
Tests the hypothesis that the introduction of computer-adaptive testing may help to alleviate test anxiety and diminish the relationship between test anxiety and test performance. Compares a sample of Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test takers who took the computer-adaptive version of the test with another sample who took the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Nonprint Media, Performance
Lee, Jo Ann; And Others – 1984
The difficulty of test items administered by paper and pencil were compared with the difficulty of the same items administered by computer. The study was conducted to determine if an interaction exists between mode of test administration and ability. An arithmetic reasoning test was constructed for this study. All examinees had taken the Armed…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Difficulty Level
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Bradshaw, Jenny – Language Testing, 1990
Reactions of Spanish and Italian teenagers to test items on English language ability placement tests were examined. C-tests were the most negatively rated, apparently because of the perceived difficulty of this type of test. No significant differences were observed between genders or between language groups. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Research
Meinster, Martha O.; Rose, Karen C. – 1993
A study was conducted to determine whether cooperative testing would result in better performance and less anxiety than individual testing. Two sections of a developmental psychology class used cooperative testing, and a third section used traditional testing methods. Four multiple choice tests containing 50 items were administered to each group,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Evaluation Methods
Barger, George W. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1983
To reduce test anxiety, students were given increased information about the probable question types on end-of-unit examinations. Two experimental testing formats, a combination of the two, and the typical practice of providing no additional information were compared. Results show that additional information can reduce anxiety but not necessarily…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Development
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Honaker, L. Michael; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1988
Describes study that compared the administration of the Microtest computer version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) with administration procedures for the traditional paper and pencil version. Highlights include an anxiety inventory; attitude scales; rank order and reliability; correlation analyses; power analyses; and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation