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Download full textPrice, Elsa C. – 1987
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a Stress Management Seminar and a Test-Taking Skills Workshop in improving the scores of pre-nursing and guidance examinees at Wallace Community College in Dothan, Alabama. The 73 subjects took the Pre-Nursing and Guidance Examination (PNGE) in June 1984, September 1984, or January 1985.…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Mnemonics, Multiple Choice Tests
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1987
This report assesses the results of the administration, during June of 1987, of the Grade 12 diploma examinations in the Province of Alberta, Canada. Most of the data is tabulated. The examination program consists of course-specific examinations that are based on the prescribed Program of Studies for Senior High Schools for the following courses:…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, English, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
As part of an examination required by the Alberta (Canada) Department of Education in order for 12th grade students to receive a diploma in French, this booklet contains the reading selections portion of Part B, the language and literature component of the January 1988 tests. Representing the genres of poetry, short story, novel, and drama, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Canadian Literature, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
As part of an examination required by the Alberta (Canada) Department of Education in order for 12th grade students to receive a diploma in French, this booklet contains the 80 multiple choice questions portion of Part B, the language and literature component of the January 1988 tests. Representing the genres of poetry, short story, novel, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Canadian Literature, Foreign Countries
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
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
As part of an examination required by the Alberta (Canada) Department of Education in order for 12th grade students to receive a diploma in French, this test, to be accompanied by the questions booklet, contains the reading selections portion of Part B, the language and literature component of the June 1988 tests. Representing the genres of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Canadian Literature, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1988
As part of an examination required by the Alberta (Canada) Department of Education in order for 12th grade students to receive a diploma in French, this booklet contains the 80 multiple choice questions portion of Part B, the language and literature component of the June 1988 tests. Representing the genres of poetry, short story, the novel, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Canadian Literature, Foreign Countries
Rieber, Lloyd P.; And Others – 1989
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of different levels of visual elaborations and practice on application learning of adults in a computer-based science lesson. A total of 141 university students participated in an introductory lesson covering Newtonian mechanics. Three levels of visual elaboration (static graphic, animated…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Animation, Cognitive Style, College Students
Padilla, Michael J.; And Others – 1985
The objective of this project was to develop a valid and reliable multiple choice test of six basic science process skills for students in grades 4 to 8 (ages 8 to 14 years). Seven criteria were outlined for the test: an emphasis on the six most widely used science process skills (observation, inference, prediction, measurement, communication, and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary School Science, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Lansing School District, MI. – 1981
Part I summarizes data on the final version of the Student Self-Report, an affective, multiple-chioce questionnaire developed to measure the kinds of behavioral and attitudinal chanqes which elementary counselors most often attempt to produce when providing services to students in Grades 3-6. Part I contains reliability and validity data for the…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Counseling Effectiveness
Phye, Gary D. – 1977
The focus of the presentation pertains to the informational consequences of knowledge of results. Knowledge of results is assumed to be corrective in that the learner is informed that a previous response(s) was wrong. Provided the learner has an opportunity to rehearse or practice following feedback, the feedback procedure or session is in a sense…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Classroom Research, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
Lockhart, Kathleen A.; And Others – 1981
The relative effectiveness of multiple-choice (MC) and constructed-response (CR) test formats in computer-managed instruction (CMI) were compared using four test groups of 30 trainees each who were assigned nonsystematically from the basics course at the Propulsion Engineering School, Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Group A took module tests in…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Constructed Response, Engineering Education, Learning
Filby, Nikola N.; Dishaw, Marilyn M. – 1977
This technical note describes part of the work done to develop student achievement tests in reading and mathematics for use in a later phase of the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study. While the achievement battery consists primarily of group-administered multiple-choice test items, several individual-testing studies were conducted to examine the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1978
The Australian Science Item Bank consists of three volumes of multiple-choice questions. Book 1 contains questions on Physics and Astronomy. The questions are designed to be suitable for high school students (year 8 to year 12 in Australian schools). The questions are classified by the subject content of the question, the cognitive skills required…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Astronomy, Foreign Countries, Item Analysis
Kastrinos, William; Livingston, Samuel A. – 1979
This report describes the development of a criterion-referenced proficiency examination for dental auxiliaries that consists of both written and performance tests in each of five areas: chairside assisting, patient education, diagnostic aids, therapeutics, and laboratory procedures. The content outlines of the tests are presented. The formation of…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Dental Assistants, Dental Hygienists
