Play for Performance: Using Computer Word Games to Improve Test-Taking Performance

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan R. Dennis ◽  
Akshay Bhagwatwar ◽  
Randall K. Minas
Keyword(s):  
Test Taking ◽  
Computer Word

Test-Taking Motivation and Personality Test Validity

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. O’Neill ◽  
Richard D. Goffin ◽  
Ian R. Gellatly
Keyword(s):  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Test Validity ◽  
Personality Testing ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Field Sample ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Valid Criterion

In this study we assessed whether the predictive validity of personality scores is stronger when respondent test-taking motivation (TTM) is higher rather than lower. Results from a field sample comprising 269 employees provided evidence for this moderation effect for one trait, Steadfastness. However, for Conscientiousness, valid criterion prediction was only obtained at low levels of TTM. Thus, it appears that TTM relates to the criterion validity of personality testing differently depending on the personality trait assessed. Overall, these and additional findings regarding the nomological net of TTM suggest that it is a unique construct that may have significant implications when personality assessment is used in personnel selection.

Predicting Dishonest Online Test-Taking Behavior in Unproctored Internet-Based Testing

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel C. Johnson ◽  
Gregory P. Leffler ◽  
Richard N. Landers
Keyword(s):  
Test Taking ◽  
Online Test

Are They Faking? Measuring Test-Taking Effort in Psychoeducational Evaluations

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Brooks ◽  
Edward A. Martinelli ◽  
Spencer Clayton ◽  
Julie Preece ◽  
Mark E. Beecher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Taking

Test-Taking Motivation Scale

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard D. Arvey ◽  
William Strickland ◽  
Gail Drauden ◽  
Clessen Martin
Keyword(s):  
Test Taking ◽  
Motivation Scale

The Bad Test-Taker Identity

2020 ◽  
pp. 009862832097988
Author(s):  
Jeffrey D. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
College Sample ◽  
Academic Attitudes ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Primary And Secondary Education ◽  
Majority Students ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
Regular Training

There is widespread belief that test-taking ability is an influential component of academic success distinct from domain knowledge and comprehension. Most of today’s college students took many more tests over the course of their primary and secondary education than students of previous generations, and also participated in regular training to strengthen their test-taking skills. Although such training and experience should equalize students on any isolated test-taking ability, the present study reveals that the vast majority students in a college sample believe that students can simply be bad test-takers. Moreover, the majority of students believe that they themselves are bad test-takers, a perspective which is maladaptive in light of relevant research. Accordingly, the data show that students who identify in this way also tend to possess other maladaptive academic attitudes.

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