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Lindley, Celeste M.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1986
Student perceptions of the preparation for and fairness, value as a learning experience, and logistics of a newly implemented oral examination in a course preparing senior pharmacy students for community pharmacy practice are summarized. (MSE)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Pharmaceutical Education, Student Attitudes, Test Reliability

Larson, Jeffry H.; And Others – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1994
Examined multidimensional assessment of career decision problems as measured by Career Decision Diagnostic Assessment (CDDA). Administered CDDA to 844 college students from 3 universities. Results supported reliability and validity of CDDA as measure of psychological blocks to career decision making. CDDA seemed only partially able to discriminate…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education

Watson, Jane M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
The Achievement Anxiety Test's dimensionality was assessed using data from 378 university students. Analyses suggest the viability of a unidimensional construct, whose ability to provide extreme subject groups showing differences on other characteristics of academic achievement was assessed. Such a scale has potential for separating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Factor Analysis, Higher Education

Lyons, Antonia C.; Spicer, John – Assessment, 1999
Developed a measure of conversational experience and comfort, the Speaking Extent and Comfort Scale (SPEACS). Results with 400 undergraduates show that all four SPEACS subscales have good test-retest reliability and internal consistency. Discusses use of the measure in studies of social networks, social experience, and other dimensions of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Speaking, Social Science Research, Speech
Chenoweth, Karin – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1997
While Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and American College Testing Program (ACT) scores are viewed as reliable, and colleges and universities continue to use them, they are often misunderstood and misused. They are reliable for predicting freshman grades only when comparisons are made within one racial group. They also do not account for student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Higher Education

Kubany, Edward S.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1996
Seven separate studies over 3.5 years developed the Trauma-Related Guilt Inventory, examined its internal consistency, factor structure, and the questionnaire's convergent and discriminant validity. Results with college students, veterans, and battered women support the conceptualization of trauma-related guilt as a multidimensional construct.…
Descriptors: Battered Women, College Students, Factor Structure, Guilt

Johnson, E. G. – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1985
The 15 components used for assessment in an introductory psychology course were examined to determine their relative value as predictors of overall performance. Multiple-choice tests were consistently found to be more effective than essay examinations, but arguments are presented for the retention of essays, with suggestions for their improvement.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Predictor Variables

Cameron, L. A.; Heywood, J. – College Teaching, 1985
A study of the comparability of results of two techniques of testing, the traditional approach and that of giving the students the questions before the examination, revealed little difference in the two approaches' results, and supports the use of "prior notice" to reduce test anxiety. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education

Watkins, David; Akande, Adebowale – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1992
A study investigated the reliability and validity of the Study Process Questionnaire (Biggs) for 352 undergraduates in a Nigerian university. Although it was found that the concepts involved were relevant to this population and scales and subscales had adequate internal consistency, cross-cultural comparison of scores was problematic. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries

Hershberger, Paul J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1994
Poor performance of medical students, residents, and faculty on a newly developed Inventory of Cognitive Biases in Medicine, suggests that cognitive biases detract from reliance on logical and statistical strategies in medical decision making. The test shows promise for use in instructional and research efforts to reduce such bias. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Bias, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Higher Education

Weems, Richard A.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1992
A procedure for testing the ability of dental students to detect presence and depth of dental caries was evaluated. Students (n=40) from four experience groups examined radiographs obtained from a model. Results indicated that this method of assessing student competence in radiographic interpretation is valid. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Dental Schools, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Cameron, Robert G. – 1989
The contribution of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) to education is described, and the most frequently asked questions about its use are addressed. The SAT became a prominent tool in college admissions when the members of the College Board recognized in the 1930's that the Board's program of very specific subject-matter tests was no longer…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment, High Schools

Jackson, Ian – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1985
The interrelationships of a variety of student aptitude and achievement measures are examined in a sample of 88 Australian undergraduate students, and the critial role of the data analyst in examining the relationships is discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Students, Higher Education

Nguyen, Liem T.; Henkin, Alan B. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Describes a revised readability formula for Vietnamese that differentiates between Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese compound words and discusses its validity and reliability. (HOD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Readability Formulas, Reading Research

Amberg, Jay – American Scholar, 1982
The fact that the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is susceptible to coaching does not mean it is a poor test. The abilities measured by it are acquired, apart from test-wiseness. Even though some uses of the scores in admissions may be discriminatory, the test itself is fair, uniform, and judiciously administered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advance Organizers, College Entrance Examinations, Higher Education