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Download full textShraim, Khitam – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2019
Online examinations, commonly known as electronic examinations (e-exams), are becoming increasingly implemented in higher education institutions in Palestine. However, learners' perspectives on these exams remain unexplored. This study therefore examines learners' perceptions of the online examination practices at Palestine Technical…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewedLusk, Edward J.; Wright, Haviland – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Results are presented which suggest that the learning occurring between two sections of the Group Embedded Fiqures Test is independent of the order in which the sections are worked. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Learning, Scores
Peer reviewedBrossell, Gordon – College English, 1983
Concludes that the rhetorical specification approach to developing essay examination topics (giving writers information about the purpose of a composition, its audience, speaker, and subject) may not be the best way to elicit good writing. (JL)
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Higher Education, Test Validity, Testing Problems
Peer reviewedSypher, Howard E.; Applegate, James L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which Crockett's Role Category Questionnaire (RCQ) is confounded by verbal ability. Participants included 285 undergraduates from a large southern university. The results show the RCQ to be independent of the verbal abilities measures. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Test Validity
Peer reviewedDeffenbacher, Jerry L.; Deitz, Sheila R. – Psychology in the Schools, 1978
Test performance and reported anxiety levels of high and low test-anxious subjects taking either a regular exam or an exam containing brief, written relaxation instructions were compared. High test-anxious subjects performed more poorly and reported greater worry and emotionality. Results provide greater external validity for Test Anxiety Scale.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Higher Education, Research Projects
Peer reviewedSchriesheim, Chester A.; Hill, Kenneth D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
The empirical evidence does not support the prevailing conventional wisdom that it is advisable to mix positively and negatively worded items in psychological measures to counteract acquiescence response bias. An experiment, evaluating subjects' ability to respond accurately to both positive and reversed items on a questionnaire, analyzed post-hoc…
Descriptors: Bias, Higher Education, Questionnaires, Response Style (Tests)
Roberts, Charles V. – 1985
A study was conducted to further validate the "Watson-Barker Listening Test." The subjects, 120 students enrolled in basic speech courses, completed the Receiver Apprehension Test (RAT) and the Watson-Barker Listening Test: Form A. Statistical analysis of the results revealed a significant correlation between the RAT scores and both the…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Higher Education
Hogan, Robert F. – ADE Bulletin, 1977
Discusses testing and its effects on the teaching of English. (AA)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Reading Skills, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMcKendy, Thomas – Research in the Teaching of English, 1992
Offers a brief history of an attempt to establish predictive test validity with holistic scoring of writing tests. Asserts that holistically scored writing samples may be practical for some local purposes, but they must be used judiciously. Suggests monitoring the validity of local tests with statistical packages and using teacher ratings as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Holistic Evaluation, Test Validity
Peer reviewedTracy, Lane – Social Behavior and Personality, 1987
Conducted two studies to examine validity of scales measuring consideration and initiating structure as basic dimensions of leader behavior. Results indicated that the factors were multidimensional and probably did not represent fundamental dimensions of leader behavior. Found relevant scales of Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire to be…
Descriptors: Behavior, College Students, Construct Validity, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLowry, Dennis T. – Journalism Quarterly, 1986
Reports findings of two experiments that provide support for the construct validity of the news bias categories. (FL)
Descriptors: Bias, Higher Education, Media Research, News Media
Peer reviewedEgerton, John – Change, 1973
In this interview, Leon Kamin, a prominent psychologist, rejects the theory that intelligence is transmitted by heredity. He deplores the practice of finding scientific data to support political policies, and he challenges that standardized tests-as they are now used-create social harm. (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Intelligence Tests, Measurement Techniques, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewedHoward, George S.; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1979
Evaluations of experimental interventions which employ self-report measures are subject to contamination known as response-shift bias. Response-shift effects may be attenuated by substituting retrospective pretest ratings for the traditional self-report pretest ratings. This study indicated that the retrospective rating more accurately reflected…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Rating Scales, Response Style (Tests), Self Evaluation
Peer reviewedHocevar, Dennis – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
Three of Guilford's tests of divergent thinking were scored for ideational fluency and originality. The originality scores were reliable, but when the effects of ideational fluency were partialed out of the originality scores, all reliabilities showed substantial decrements; interest correlations dropped to zero or showed a substantial decrement.…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creativity Tests, Divergent Thinking, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLeki, Ilona – WPA: Writing Program Administration, 1991
Discusses one attempt to find innovative answers for questions regarding advanced English-as-a-Second-Language writing-placement testing. (MG)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Test Validity, Testing Problems
