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ERIC Number: EJ327433
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Unscheduled Assessment: Test Anxiety, Academic Achievement and Social Validity.
Saigh, Philip A.
Educational Research Quarterly, v9 n4 p6-11 1984-85
Undergraduate experimental subjects were told that they would receive a series of unscheduled assessments over a five-week period and their grades would comprise 20 percent of their semester average. Subjects were significantly more test anxious than the control group, but achievement was not significantly different. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Test Anxiety, Testing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: State Trait Anxiety Inventory; Suinn Test Anxiety Behavior Scale