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How Do Men and Women Perceive a High-Stakes Test Situation? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 The results of some high-stakes aptitude tests in Austria have revealed sex differences. We suggest that such discrepancies are mediated not principally by differences in aptitudes, skills, and knowledge but sex differences in test takers' perceptions of
Julia E. M. Leiner +2 more
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Designing and validating a scale for evaluating the sources of unreliability of a high-stakes test [PDF]
Language Testing in Asia, 2023 The idea of sources other than the test-takers’ knowledge leading to different results on high-stakes tests was the motif based on which the present investigation was initiated on the probable sources of unreliability of a test.
Fateme Nikmard +2 more
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Language Testing in Asia, 2023 As a part of a larger project, this study reports a large-scale investigation of the impacts of the Iranian National University Entrance Examination (INUEE) on Iranian high school students and their parents.
Mohammad Ahmadi Safa +1 more
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High Stakes in the Classroom, High Stakes on the Street: The Effects of Community Violence on Student’s Standardized Test Performance [PDF]
Sociological Science, 2014 This article examines the effect of exposure to violent crime on students’ standardized test performance among a sample of students in New York City public schools.
Patrick Sharkey +3 more
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Characteristics of test anxiety among medical students and congruence of strategies to address it [PDF]
Medical Education Online, 2014 Introduction: Medical students may experience test anxiety associated with ‘high stakes’ exams, such as Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Methods: We collected qualitative responses about test anxiety at three points in time from
John Encandela +4 more
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The influences of mindfulness on high-stakes mathematics test achievement of middle school students
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Research has shown that mindfulness can reduce students' negative emotions associated with high-stakes tests and thereby improve test performance. This study explored the association between mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) and high-risk math test ...
Haode Zuo, Lidong Wang
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Script Journal, 2019 Although there is a growing body of research indicating that anxiety relates to foreign language learning, the correlation between anxiety and learners’ performance on a high-stakes testing context has not been fully explored.
Dang Arif Hartono
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WHO IS WILLING TO TAKE LOW-STAKES ASSIGNMENTS?; pp. 417–432 [PDF]
Trames, 2013 The main purpose of this study is to explore which students of Estonian higher education institutions are willing to take low-stakes tests which have no direct consequences for them. Altogether 603 first-year undergraduates from different institutions of
Mari-Liis Mägi +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Of the many possible individual factors bearing on test preparation, one is how individuals’ motivational and cognitive perceptions affect test-driven preparation practices.
Shasha Xu
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Market-oriented reforms and “high stakes” testing: Incentives and consequences
Cahiers de la Recherche sur l'Education et les Savoirs, 2005 This paper focuses on the use of “high stakes” tests and examinations, which by definition have serious consequences; high stakes tests are used in an attempt to raise standards and to evaluate school systems.
Anne West, Hazel Pennell
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