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Reitenour, Steve – 1984
Students' understanding of musical style periods was assessed at Liberty Baptist College. The investigation was prompted by evidence suggesting that non-music majors who complete a music appreciation course understand a broad overview of music history better than music majors who complete music history courses. Compared to the music history…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, History
Peer reviewedKastrinos, William; Erk, Frank C. – American Biology Teacher, 1974
Describes the structure of the Advanced Placement (AP) examination in biology, and presents in entirety the objective portion of the examination administered in May 1970. (JR)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Biology, Evaluation, Multiple Choice Tests
Peer reviewedPadilla, A. M.; Ruiz, Rene A. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1975
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Mexican Americans, Objective Tests, Personality Measures
Lawson, E.D. – Peabody J Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Measurement Techniques, Multiple Choice Tests, Objective Tests
PDF pending restorationBlanchard, P. Nick; And Others – 1979
An investigation of the relative validity of self-assessments versus standardized tests indicated that both self-assessments and objectively tested abilities were significantly related to supervisory ratings of overall job performance. While these correlations were not significantly different, further analysis revealed that objectively tested…
Descriptors: Accountants, Comparative Analysis, Objective Tests, Performance Factors
Gaies, Stephen J. – 1980
As a reaction to the popularization of so-called "discrete point" tests of language proficiency, that is, tests that evaluate control of a sample of specific linguistic items, a number of testing formats which provide a more global, integrative measure of language proficiency have been proposed or revived in recent years. Some of these measures…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Interviews, Language Tests
East Texas State Univ., Commerce. Occupational Curriculum Lab. – 1978
Fourteen units on minor automotive maintenance are presented in this teacher's guide. The units are the following: introduction to minor automotive maintenance, shop safety, engine principles, fuel system operation and repair, electrical system, ignition system, lubrication system, engine cooling system, exhaust system, wheel bearings and tires,…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Electrical Systems, Instructional Materials
Download full textNELSON, CLARENCE H. – 1967
DISCUSSED ARE SELECTED FACTORS RELATED TO IMPROVING SCIENCE TESTS. SECTION 1 DEALS WITH (1) THE ROLE OF OBJECTIVES IN SCIENCE TEACHING AND TESTING, (2) THE ROLE OF TESTS AND TESTING, (3) FORMS AND KINDS OF TESTS, AND (4) GUIDEPOSTS FOR PREPARING TESTS. SECTION 2 DISCUSSES METHODS OF TESTING FOR SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AT VARIOUS GRADE LEVELS. INCLUDED…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, College Science, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Science
Wilson, Patricia – 1979
Research indicates that when taking a standardized test that is not timed, students who have been coached to revise answers profit more from their changes than do those who receive no instruction at all. Some study skill books written for high school and college students give misleading advice not to change answers while some newer editions are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Objective Tests, Reading Teachers
Instructional Objectives Exchange, Los Angeles, CA. – 1972
Seventy-seven behavioral objectives and related test items for United States history in grades 10 through 12 are presented. Each sample contains the objective, sample test items, and criteria for judging the adequacy of student responses. Fourteen of the 15 categories are content-oriented, and presented in chronological groups: (1) discovery of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Objectives, High Schools, Historiography
Mercer, Maryann – 1977
In a 1977 review of the literature on test answer changing, Mueller and Wasser (EJ 163 236) cited 17 studies and concluded that students changing answers on objective tests gain more points than they lost by so doing. Higher scoring students tend to gain more than do the lower scoring students. Six additional studies not reported in the Mueller…
Descriptors: Guessing (Tests), Higher Education, Junior High Schools, Literature Reviews
DuShaw, Martha; Wantz, Molly S. – 1975
This study determined the effects of health instruction upon the Objective Reference Test (ORT) scores of students in grades one through five of the Troy School District in Troy, Michigan. In September 1971, all elementary teachers in Michigan were instructed to begin teaching substance use and abuse. An Elementary Health Committee was established…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. Pacific Area. – 1974
Career English is a course planned to teach the fundamental communicative skills to students in a meaningful, motivational, practical way through the medium of career choice. The handbook is meant to be a supplementary tool for high school teachers. Phase 1 focuses on the fundamentals of basic grammar and basic writing; it is divided into seven…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Course Content, English Instruction
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1974
One of a series dealing with reading, mathematics, language arts, social studies, science, cultural arts, health, and physical education, this report on language arts is designed to help North Carolina teachers in planning instructional programs for public school students and to inform the general public of students' educational needs and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Evaluation, Grade 3
Garvin, Alfred D. – 1971
The objectives of this study were to ascertain the existence of any widely held, systematic sets in response position selection (RPS) and to evaluate the potential biasing effects of such sets on multiple choice and true-false test results. It is concluded that a sudden change in the accustomed pattern of keyed response positions can shift…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Objective Tests, Patterned Responses, Response Style (Tests)
