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ERIC Number: EJ1203830
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec
Pages: 13
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ISSN: EISSN-1835-9132
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Exam Anxiety: Using Paired Adaptive Tests to Reduce Stress in Business Classes
Seeley, Eugene L.; Andrade, Maureen; Miller, Ronald Mellado
e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, v12 n3 p1-13 Dec 2018
To reduce test-taking anxiety among businesses students, a Paired Adaptive Test (PAT) system was developed that allows students two chances to answer exam questions. In the study 46 students from three sections of Survey of International Business at Utah Valley University were given exams using the PAT. At the end of the semester, students were asked to complete a survey on test-taking anxiety for that class and other classes. The results indicated a twelve percent lower test-taking anxiety overall score for the PAT system and as much as 20.85% lower scores for questions key to taking specific exams. The implications of this research are that the PAT method could significantly reduce exam anxiety for students while providing a good assessment of their subject knowledge.
Australian Business Education Research Association. PO Box 408, Mapleton, Queensland 4560, Australia. e-mail: editor@ejbest.org; Web site: http://www.ejbest.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Utah
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