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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"test-taking skills"”.
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A Study of Test-Taking Skills and Achievement Scores upon Secondary Students
… their reading comprehension and vocabulary test scores on standardized tests, whether the test-taking skills program influenced these students' test scores, and how a test-taking skills program could improve students' future standardized test scores. Procedure. The Nelson-Denny Reading Tests …
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Exploring the use of effective learning strategies to increase students' reading comprehension and test taking skills /
… of reading comprehension strategies and test taking skills when reading and responding to three types of questions (direct, inferential, critical). Specifically, the study examined whether providing students with a "model" of how to read and respond to the text and to the comprehension …
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An Investigation of the Test-Taking Skills and Associated Thinking Processes of Ninth Grade English Language Arts Students
… known about how students perform on standardized tests, little research exists concerning how students think and process while taking such tests. This mixed methods action research study was designed to investigate if a constructivist approach to test preparation could yield improved results for …
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The Evaluation of Company-Sponsored Test-Preparation Courses: Training Different Aged Employees on General Test-Taking Skills and Basic Cognitive Skills
<p>Test performance in general has been found to decline with increasing age. However, this decline has not been accompanied consistently by lower job performance. Subsequently, factors external to the test are being more closely examined for their effects on test performance. Two such factors, a …
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Rate-Accuracy Trade-Off as a Function of Test-Taking Response Styles, Perception of Time, and Test Anxiety: A Training Study
A training program was developed to help high test anxious high school students utilize optimal performance strategies when working on standardized tests. Thirty-three high and low anxious students completed a 3-week training program on "test-taking skills." Subjects were assigned to one of three …
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Academic achievement team - a school within a school program: does specialized remediation increase test scores?
… feelings of success and accomplishment. To test these tenets a set of surveys will be utilized along with report card grades for two sets of students. The students enrolled in the program will be compared with a control group of students from the regular program. The research seeks to …
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How One Georgia Performance Learning Center Helps Students Succeed
… future job skill training; instruction on study skills, test taking skills, and time management; modification to the learning environment; student counseling for academic and personal issues; participation in community service projects; and increased parental involvement. The research identified …
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The Outcomes of an Innovative Hybrid Pre-dental Admission Enhancement Program among Underrepresented Minority and Disadvantaged Students
… (AEP) with regard to the Dental Admissions Test (DAT) scores, admission rates, and satisfaction among underrepresented and/or disadvantaged students at the University of Missouri, School of Dentistry (UMKC SOD). Additionally, data from 48 students who completed the AEP from years 2011-2014 …
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A narrative inquiry of at-risk baccalaureate nursing students' perceptions of high-risk testing and a test-taking intervention
… those preparing for the NCLEX. Since high-stakes tests are used in some nursing programs to make decisions about progression and graduation, including after graduation for licensure, test-taking instruction is often recommended in literature. This qualitative narrative inquiry study focused on …
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Identifying predictors of performance of associate degree graduate nurses on the licensing examination
… using difference in proportion of large samples test, difference in large sample means test following the application of the F test to sample variance, the non-parametric rank sum test, Kruskal-Wallis Test, and two-way analysis of co-variance test. Data pertaining to each factor was organized …
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The Relationship Between Attitudes Toward the "No Child Left Behind" Law and Perceived Levels of Burnout Among Teachers in Berrien County, Michigan
… to burnout: Teachers' perception of standardized testing, pressure felt by teachers to improve test scores, standardized test effect on instructional practices, and teachers' opinions of NCLB and its adequate yearly progress. Teachers' years of teaching experience and the class size as it relates …