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ERIC Number: EJ262272
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Mar
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A Validity Study of the Multiple-Choice Component of the Advanced Placement Chemistry Examination.
Modu, Christopher C.; Taft, Hessy L.
Journal of Chemical Education, v59 n3 p204-06 Mar 1982
Compares performance of first-year general chemistry college students from 32 institutions with performance of Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry Candidates in 1978 to provide a concurrent validity measure of the multiple-choice section of the AP chemistry examination. Average AP candidates scored significantly higher than average college students. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Science Education, Science Tests, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Advanced Placement Examinations (CEEB); Science Education Research