The role of prior warning on test performance: how effective it is to improve students' grades?
Ahmed, Rafiuddin (2015) The role of prior warning on test performance: how effective it is to improve students' grades? Universal Journal of Educational Research, 3 (9). pp. 632-639.
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Abstract
Students' use of test information to prepare for a test in a controlled or supervised test environment has been examined in studies outside Australia. This paper reports the findings of the use of test information and its value, in terms of an improvement/decline in marks, in an actual test of an undergraduate subject taught at an Australian university. Using a questionnaire survey of students, the study finds that students overall don't perceive test information useful, there is no statistically significant difference in performance between known and unknown questions, students' scores improve from the use of information and in some instances the improvements are statistically significant between students with different characteristics. The paper contributes to our understanding of students' willingness to use information and the benefits of such information to study and perform for improved test scores. The study has implications for educators making test information available as a preferred practice or universities using it as part of a policy to improve student retention rates or supplement evaluation of students' learning.
| Item ID: | 41561 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Scholarly Work) |
| ISSN: | 2332-3213 |
| Keywords: | warning, test performance, GLM method, anxiety, study approach, management accounting |
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| Additional Information: | Copyright © 2015 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2015 05:51 |
| FoR Codes: | 15 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 1501 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability > 150105 Management Accounting @ 50% 13 EDUCATION > 1301 Education Systems > 130103 Higher Education @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9303 Curriculum > 930301 Assessment and Evaluation of Curriculum @ 50% 93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9305 Education and Training Systems > 930502 Management of Education and Training Systems @ 50% |
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