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ERIC Number: EJ388082
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Using Tests as Learning Opportunities.
Foos, Paul W.; Fisher, Ronald P.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n2 p179-83 Jun 1988
A study involving 105 undergraduates assessed the value of testing as a means of increasing, rather than simply monitoring, learning. Results indicate that fill-in-the-blank and items requiring student inferences were more effective, respectively, than multiple-choice tests and verbatim items in furthering student learning. (TJH)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Reading Tests, Test Use, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Part of the paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (Orlando, FL, March 1986).