When student placement in French classes by achievement test scores and number of years of previous study became unreliable, the faculty of a university constructed a placement test of grammar and vocabulary for four intermediate courses. The test has been revised twice, with oral comprehension and reading items added, other items subtracted, and…

Diagrams showing the components of structural knowledge and the theoretical basis for structural knowledge introduce four tables presenting information on: (1) implicit strategies for conveying cognitive structure, including content/structures signalling (Meyer), frames/slots (Armbruster and Anderson), and Elaboration Theory (Reigeluth and…

A technique is described for reducing the incidence of cheating on multiple choice exams. One form of the test is used and each item is assigned multiple numbers. Depending upon the instructions given to the class, some students will use the first of each pair of numbers to determine where to place their responses on a separate answer sheet, while…

Article examined the concept of "learner verification", which questions the testing, development and revision of teachers' tools - texts, programs and instructional materials. (Author/RK)

This article attempts to point up some of common errors that are made in test preparation, and describe some principles of test construction. Article proposes a solution to problem of inadequate testing in form of seminar conducted by the institution, which would improve the testing ability of the faculty. (Author/EK)

An experiment based on the premise that frequent testing should motivate students to repetitive and intensive study habits and, consequently, to perform better, is reported. Two groups of first-year chemistry students participated; results showed the group having frequent tests throughout the course performed significantly higher on the final…

Article focuses attention on some of the more important factors to be considered in evaluating educational products and programs within the domain-referenced framework. (Author)

Discusses the merits of a practice examination modeled after the final examination administered in German classes at the University of Nebraska. (RL)

Discusses two papers on university test validity and presents rational standards for researchers working on test validity. (PG)

States that "objective tests" are based on suppositions. Different types yield different results; therefore they cannot all be objective. The commonly accepted idea that multiple-choice tests are the most objective is attacked. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The authors hypothesize that the concreteness of the mode of item presentation would influence the subjects' performance on the Purdue Elementary Problem Solving Inventory. Results suggest that the variables of degree of disadvantage and ethnic background are sometimes more relevant than the mode in which the content is presented. (HMV)

An investigation which compared five ways of expressing information about the choice of questions to be made from different sections of a test paper. (Author)

Article describes the development of a simple recorder of reading behavior, and an experiment in which it is used to investigate the effect on reading behavior of altering the spatial relationship between a diagram and its reference point within the test. (Author)