Answer Changing on Multiple-Choice Test Items among Eighth-Grade Readers.

Casteel, Clifton A.

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ERIC Number: EJ433863

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Answer Changing on Multiple-Choice Test Items among Eighth-Grade Readers.

Casteel, Clifton A.

Journal of Experimental Education, v59 n4 p300-09 Sum 1991

The effects of answer-changing on a multiple-choice test were studied for 27 poor readers and 26 good readers (19 males and 34 females) in eighth grade. Overall, subjects benefited from answer-changing. Answer-changing among young examinees should be encouraged if there is reasonable doubt about their first impression. (SLD)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 8, High Achievement, Low Achievement, Multiple Choice Tests, Reading Achievement, Test Coaching, Test Wiseness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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