Problem-Based Exams versus Objective Exams as a Predictor of Final Student Achievement.

Davidson, Conda; Webster, Linda; Truell, Allen D.

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ERIC Number: EJ589026

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Publication Date: 1998

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Problem-Based Exams versus Objective Exams as a Predictor of Final Student Achievement.

Davidson, Conda; Webster, Linda; Truell, Allen D.

Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, v40 n1 p26-35 Win 1998

High school students in introductory accounting (n=64) took two combined problem-based and objective tests and a final objective exam. Combined format scores accounted for 62% of variance in achievement. Only the final objective-exam scores were unique predictors of achievement. (SK)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, High Schools, Objective Tests, Prediction, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Test Format

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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