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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"choice test"”.
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A comparison of multiple-choice test response modes and scoring methods
… response/scoring methods used with multiple-choice tests in an academic setting with students enrolled in a required undergraduate art appreciation course at a medium-sized state university. The number of correct responses, based on a single choice per item, constituted the score on a …
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Evaluative listening skills and the feasibility of their assessment by means of a forced-choice test
This thesis developed (a) a theory of Evaluative Listening Skills on the basis of Adorno's (1962, 1962/1976) types of musical conduct, and (b) tangible criteria for judging the appropriateness of interpretations. Evaluative Listening Skills (in regard to interpretations) were defined as the ability …
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An investigation of the relationships of test characteristics and personality variables to partial information and misinformation in multiple-choice test scores
… score components obtained from a multiple-choice test administered under a response mode proposed by Coombs in 1953. Previous studies using response modes and scoring rules other than the conventional number-right procedures have generally revealed increases in test score reliability and …
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Retellings and Semi-Structured Interviews for Assessing Reading Comprehension of Standardized Test Passages and of the Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress Passages as Compared to Scores on Multiple-Choice Test Items
… the literature points to the irrelevancy of test scores in making instructional decisions.
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The Influence Of Students' Cognitive Style On A Standardized Reading Test Administered In Three Different Formats
… forms of a standardized reading comprehension test taken by community college students in developmental reading classes. The three forms of the test were administered as a timed multiple-choice test, a constructed response test, and an un-timed multiple-choice test. Scores on the Group Embedded …
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Hexaflumuron Efficiency and Impact on Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes spp.) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Gut Protozoa
… mode of action. Hexaflumuron consumption in no-choice and choice tests was evaluated at 2d and 5d. Total diet consumption was not different between the treatment groups. Hexaflumuron consumption was reduced by a factor of 3 in the presence of a competing control diet and reduced by a factor of …
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Reaction time, performance and level of physiological arousal
… levels of task difficulty were employed: a two-choice test requiring manual responses and a four-choice test, in which the additional two peripheral stimuli were responded to by foot pedals. Manifest Anxiety scores were used as a means to categorize subjects and allow for individual differences. …
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Efficacy of Organic Insecticides and Repellents against Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in Vegetables
… neurotransmitters. Treatments were evaluated in choice test bioassays and field experiments on peppers using weekly applications of the highest labeled rates of the products. The results showed that, although some organically-approved insecticides demonstrate a high level of activity on BMSB in …
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The effects of non-repeated single-unit, non-repeated cumulative, and repeated single-unit testing procedures on comprehensive final examination performance
… this study was to compare the effects of three testing procedures on comprehensive final examination performance. The 64 undergraduates used as subjects were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a non-repeated single-unit, a non-repeated cumulative, or a repeated single-unit testing …
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An Investigation of the Note-taking Skills of Adolescents with and without Attention Deficit Hyperacivity Disorder (ADHD): An Extension of Previous Research
… reviewed their notes and took a multiple choice test. The independent variables included ADHD status, outline status (yes/no), attention, transcription fluency, verbal working memory, and listening comprehension. The dependent variables were quality of notes and test performance. All …
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Achievement and Retention in Probability and Statistics: A Comparison of Two Teaching Strategies
… independent of teacher and textbook. A multiple-choice test of 25 items constructed by the researcher was administered to both classes as a pretest, at the conclusion of the unit as a posttest, and again 6 weeks later to measure retention. The results of this study may provide insight or …
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A Validation Study of a Writing Skills Test for Police Recruit Applicants
… study evaluated the effectiveness of a direct test of higher-order and lower-order writing abilities needed for police report writing. This test was specifically designed to address report writing deficiencies experienced by police in the training academy. Descriptive statistics were examined, …
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Goal Orientation and Training Transfer Initiation and Maintenance
… psychology courses and trained on multiple-choice test-taking strategies. Results failed to support the main effect, moderation, or mediation hypotheses, although they support the contention that transfer is a multi-dimensional construct. The findings indicate that goal orientation and …
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Isolation and characterization of a novel lectin gene, Allium triquetrum agglutin, conferring insecticidal properties against Myzus persicae
… subsequently used for aphid bioassays, including choice and non-choice behaviour tests, Mean Relative Growth Rate test, fecundity test, and survival test. The aphid bioassays revealed that (1) ATA does not change the behaviour of aphids to choose a host; (2) Adults are more sensitive to ATA than …
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The effect of encoding strategies on text material retrieval
… immediate and delayed recognition and a recall test given in random order. Subjects included 140 college freshmen enrolled in reading and in study skills classes assigned to either a hierarchal organizing, notetaking, underlining, or repetitive reading encoding strategy. Training was given in …
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ITEM-ANALYSIS METHODS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ILTA GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICE: A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF CLASSICAL TEST THEORY AND ITEM RESPONSE THEORY MODELS ON THE OUTCOME OF A HIGH-STAKES ENTRANCE EXAM
The current version of the International Language Testing Association (ILTA) Guidelines for Practice requires language testers to pretest items before including them on an exam, or when pretesting is not possible, to conduct post-hoc item analysis to ensure any malfunctioning items are excluded …
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Entwicklung und Einsatz computergestützter Lernprogramme in der radiologischen Lehre
… Berücksichtigung subjektiver und objektiver Testparameter untersucht. Den in die drei Gruppen randomisierten Studierenden des 4. Klinischen Semesters wurde eine Kontrollgruppe ohne Praktikumsteilnahme gegenübergestellt. Alle Studierenden hatten einen Test vor und nach dem Semester zu …
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A Description of Accommodations, Modifications, and Forms of Assessments in Middle Schools That Made Adequate Yearly Progress in an Urban County During 2010
… teachers used: true-false quizzes, multiple choice test, and short answer tests as the forms of assessment. Inclusion teachers rarely used benchmark assessments, projects, portfolios or online assessments. More practice and training should be provided to administrators and inclusion teachers …
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Is It Choice or Is It Interest?: The Effect of Choice and Interest on the Cognitive and Affective Engagement of Elementary Students Performing a Reading Task
… & Stevens (2004) that examined the effects of choice, topic interest, and situational interest on reading engagement, attitude, and learning in college-age students. The study was replicated using fourth and fifth graders as subjects. The study was extended to examine the effects of gender and …
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Effects of Narrative Video Script Advance Organizer Strategies Used to Introduce Video in the Foreign Language Classroom
… and took a 10-question English only multiple choice test. In the quiet individual reading condition (AOq), students read the same narrative video script quietly before watching the same video and taking the same test. In the control group condition, students did not have access to the …
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