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Direct linkKendeou, Panayiota; Walsh, Erinn K.; Smith, Emily R.; O'Brien, Edward J. – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2014
In the present set of experiments, we systematically examined the processes that occur while reading texts designed to refute and explain commonsense beliefs that reside in readers' long-term memory. In Experiment 1 (n = 36), providing readers with a refutation-plus-explanation of a commonsense belief was sufficient to significantly reduce…
Descriptors: Long Term Memory, Beliefs, Misconceptions, Error Correction
Toben, Michael – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1974
Some of the pitfalls in the construction of multiple choice tests are discussed and examples of invalid questions given. (RM)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests
Download full textDurmus, Soner; Karakirik, Erol – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2005
Assessment is one of the most important part of educational process that directs teaching, learning as well as curriculum development. However, widely used classical assessment techniques such as multiple choice tests are not adequate to provide neither a correct picture of students' performances nor the effectiveness of the teaching process.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Alternative Assessment, Multiple Choice Tests
Lawson, E.D. – Peabody J Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests
Durmus, Soner; Karakirik, Erol – Online Submission, 2005
Assessment is one of the most important part of educational process that directs teaching, learning as well as curriculum development. However, widely used classical assessment techniques such as multiple choice tests are not adequate to provide neither a correct picture of students' performances nor the effectiveness of the teaching process.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Mathematics Education, Alternative Assessment
Kelly, Dennis; Soyibo, Kola – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2005
This study was designed to find out if students taught food and nutrition concepts using the lecture method and practical work would perform significantly better than their counterparts taught with the lecture and teacher demonstrations and the lecture method only. The sample comprised 114 Jamaican 10th-graders (56 boys, 58 girls) selected from…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Experimental Groups, Nutrition, Objective Tests
Koenigs, Sharon – 1987
This handbook provides guidelines for teaching test-taking skills to students of all grade levels to help the students raise their standardized test scores. Topics covered include: understanding instructions and following directions, efficient use of time, intelligent guessing, and application of special strategies for multiple-choice and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Guessing (Tests), Instructional Materials
Scannell, Dale P.; Haugh, Oscar M. – 1968
The purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness with which composition skills could be taught by the traditional theme-assignment approach and by an experimental method using weekly multiple-choice composition tests in lieu of theme writing. The weekly tests were based on original but typical first-draft compositions and covered problems…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 10, Grammar, Language Usage
