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Datta, Poulomee – International Journal of Special Education, 2014
There is an absence of research on test anxiety in students with disabilities although such testing is taken for granted among students without disabilities. This study investigated the test anxiety of the students in each of the two disability groups, those with vision impairments and those with intellectual disabilities who are placed in…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Visual Impairments, Mild Mental Retardation, Mainstreaming
Olcucu, Burcin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The aim of the study is to determine the degree of performance-related physical coordination of elementary education children (male and female) that play tennis according to their age and gender and to investigate the relationship between their motor ability tests and performances. A total of 210 children tennis players (9 to 10 years; 105 males…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Age Differences, Physical Activity Level, Racquet Sports
Pan, Yi-Ching – TESL-EJ, 2014
In much of the world, the issue of accountability and measurement of educational outcomes is highly controversial. Exit testing is part of the movement to ascertain what students have learned and hold institutions and teachers to account. However, compared to the large number of teacher washback studies, learner washback research is lacking…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Exit Examinations, Questionnaires, College Students
Ilyas, Bhutto Muhammad; Rawat, Khalid Jamil; Bhatti, Muhammad Tariq; Malik, Najeeb – Online Submission, 2013
It is a bitter reality that the curricula and traditional pedagogy prevailing in public schools of Pakistan in general and Sindh in particular do not incorporate the algebraic concepts properly. Both the content and the presentation therein cannot be considered up to the mark, thereby making "Algebra" a tough and dry subject. This…
Descriptors: Algebra, Public Schools, Foreign Countries, Control Groups
Ilyas, Bhutto Muhammad; Rawat, Khalid Jamil; Bhatti, Muhammad Tariq; Malik, Najeeb – International Journal of Instruction, 2013
It is a bitter reality that the curricula and traditional pedagogy prevailing in public schools of Pakistan in general and Sindh in particular do not incorporate the algebraic concepts properly. Both the content and the presentation therein cannot be considered up to the mark, thereby making "Algebra" a tough and dry subject. This…
Descriptors: Algebra, Public Schools, Foreign Countries, Control Groups
Ezeala, Christian C.; Swami, Niraj S.; Lal, Nilesh; Hussain, Shagufta – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
Secondary education in Fiji ends with the Form 7 examination. Predictive validity for academic success of Form 7 scores which form the basis for admission into the Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery programme of the Fiji School of Medicine was examined via a cohort of 129 students. Success rates for year 1 in 2008, 2009, and 2010 were 90.7…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Academic Achievement, Predictive Validity, Surgery
Hay, David B.; Tan, Po Li; Whaites, Eric – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
The aim of this study is to argue for alternative assessment methods (i.e. concept map) considering the changes in demography in higher education. In the case of school of dentistry, for example, there is an urgent call for a catalyst for new assessment methods in dental education in view of the drive to comprehensively assess professional…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Alternative Assessment, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Gorard, Stephen – Journal of Education Policy, 2009
This paper builds upon an earlier analysis presented in this journal. Using official figures for school compositions and for outcomes at KS4 from 1997 to 2007, this paper considers each of the annual cohorts of new Academies in England, from 2002 to 2006. It shows that their level of success in comparison to their predecessors, national averages,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Academies, Educational Improvement, Educational Sociology
Topal, Giray; Oral, Behcet; Ozden. Mustafa – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2007
Aromaticity concept is given incorrect or incomplete to the student in secondary education and knowledge based on this basic concept has been caused to another misconception in future. How are the achievement levels relating to the comprehension of various characteristics of aromatic compounds for the first and third grade students attending…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Organic Chemistry, Misconceptions, Secondary School Students

Watson, Roy E. L. – Family Relations, 1983
Assessed the effects of cohabitation on subsequent marital adjustment. A comparison of couples (N=54) who had lived together before marriage with couples (N=30) who had not, showed significant differences. Unexpectedly, noncohabiters obtained higher marital satisfaction scores. Possible explanations in terms of test items are suggested.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cohort Analysis, Comparative Testing, Dating (Social)
Rubin, Stephen – 1981
Dramatic accounts of adolescent turmoil may confuse psychopathology with normal development if derived from the study of clinical populations. To compare the development of normal adolescents, 108 students aged 17-22 from the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Western Samoa were studied. Results of three different personality measures…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adults, Cohort Analysis