On 9 Mar 2004, Rick Froman wrote:
> I have used the following quiz of testwiseness to illustrate common
> pitfalls in test writing to my Psych Testing students and colleagues.
> I don't remember where I got it but I would be happy to give a proper
> attribution if anyone knows.
>
> Testwise Exam
The answer key is:
1A “cluss” in both stem and correct alternative
2B the correct answer is often the longest or the one with the most
explanation
3C this is the only choice that isn’t stated as an absolute
4D “ignu” is the only alternative that could follow “an”.
5A the stem menti
Monica Vogler wrote:
Now for the incredibly abbreviated list of 8 common flaws in questions:
[...]
7. The incorrect options include key words that tend to appear in
false statements like "every,"total," and "all."
[...]
That is why I include absolutes on some questions to fool those who
I think I got 2/3 on this one... Maybe 3 actally. I'll have to wait and
see...
One can find the answers and explanation to the 10 question test at
http://www.stargazing.net/drsmith/test-taking-A.txt
Quite interesting. But I doubt a good test would be so easy to answer...
Cheers!
JM
Moni
Hey Monica:Don't keep us in suspense. How about giving us some
of the items on the Test-Wiseness Scale to illustrate what it's about? And
perhaps you could throw in some (or all) of those hints for test-taking. I'm
curious about those too. The book isn't in our library (but perhaps it
should
OK, I went the student route and put "cluss in furmpaling" into google
and got all sorts of hits on test wiseness. Might be fertile ground for
whatever study happens (which I am willing to participate in too so long
as it incude metacognition).
Marte Fallshore
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Geez, that was the 'easy' one!
Annette
Quoting David Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> OK, I think I got them all (although I'm still thinking about number
> 8). Do we get an answer key?
> While this doesn't hit all the test-wise skills, it certainly is a
> clever way to introduce the topic--an
I remember completing a similar exercise in a principles of college teaching class. In fact I think of it every time I write a
test so as to make sure that I don't have "give aways"
like those on this exam. Now for my
question - am I hurting good testwise students
because I make sure to
OK, I think I got them all (although I'm still thinking about number
8). Do we get an answer key?
While this doesn't hit all the test-wise skills, it certainly is a
clever way to introduce the topic--and might even have a place in
whatever design this group comes up with.
--Dave
Rick Froman
I have
used the following quiz of testwiseness to illustrate common pitfalls in test
writing to my Psych Testing students and colleagues. I don’t remember where I
got it but I would be happy to give a proper attribution if anyone knows.
Testwise Exam
The following is a hypothetical
Paivio's dual code theory would support this. You might try a SSCI search using
one of the core paivio references.
Annette
Quoting Kathleen Kleissler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Does anyone have a reference for the concept that the more senses we use
> in accruing information, the better the retent
Well, not exactly what you want but might help in terms of a general global
view: Stanovich has a chapter in his How to Think Straight About Psychology
book about scientific psychology's problems in communicating with the public,
via the media.
Annette
Quoting Marie Helweg-Larsen <[EMAIL PROTE
I seem to recall that APA or APS had an article some time ago called
"Tips on talking to the media" but I can not find any such thing using
the usual sources (Google, APA, etc.). All I need is a relatively brief
article/overview of the major issues psychologists should consider when
talking to
On 9 Mar 2004, Monica Vogler wrote:
> >
> I've mentioned this little book in a previous post, and it seems it
> might be useful to do so again. "The Psychologist's Book of
> Self-Tests" by Louis Janda [Perigree: 1996] contains the "Test
> Wiseness Test" that some of you mentioned.
> Janda go
Hi all:
More on the "These tests just aren't fair. I do well in all my other
classes and I know I could do well in law school or grad school or grad school
or ... , if I only had a chance. I'm just not good at taking tests."
phenomenon [epidemic?].
I've mentioned this little book in a p
Thanks for the info, although I did find some of these references in my
search. The abstracts, and what I know of the subject, seem to indicate
a correlation between the level of processing and recall, rather than a
relationship between the number of senses used (e.g. hearing and
seeing the in
Here's a few:
Bower, G.H., & Karlin, M.B. Depth of processing pictures of faces and
recognition memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1974, 103,
751-757.
Craik, F.I.M., & Lockhart, R.S. Levels of processing: A framework for
memory research. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 19
For those interested in one of the seminal articles in this thread of
"incompetent to perceive one's own incompetence" see the JPSP article
online at http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/psp7761121.html. This is one
of our social psychology classes favorite topics almost every semester.
Tim
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Annette- I suspect (but, of course, have no real evidence) that some of
these "lack of correlation" results have to do with self-efficacy and
other variables relating to the accuracy with which we assess our own
abilities. I suspect that the studies (probably yours as well) that
don't find correlat
Louis,
I'm afraid to meet #3 you'll have to phrase that in the form of a question!
>3. I had to be able to recite it instantly on Jeopardy.
...
> "I am that person who is there to help another person help
> him/herself become the person he or she is capable of becoming."
Sorry co
> -Original Message-
> From: jim clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 4:55 PM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> Subject: Re: "poor test-Makers?"
>
.. snip ..
>
> Coincidentally, I have a short article on my desk from Science
> (10 Jan 2003, p 192)
Title: Re: Need a reference
Here's one source:
Fishback, S.J., "Learning and the Brain," Adult Learning, 1998/1999, 10(2), 18(22)
http://www.fsu.edu/~elps/ae/download/ade5385/Hill.pdf
I think I used the words "memory" and "senses"
A paragraph on page 7 of the article discusses how: "Employi
This could be related to Paivio's Dual Coding theory,
although not exactly 'using more senses to accrue information'. I
think that Paivio, A. (1969). Mental imagery in associative learning
and memory. Psychological Review, 76, 241-263. would be a place to
start. Perhaps looking at the stuf
try dual encoding theory.
Marte Fallshore
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Does anyone have a reference for the concept that the more senses we
use
in accruing information, the better the retention and/or understanding
of that information will be? I have been searching Psychinfo f
Does anyone have a reference for the concept that the more senses we use
in accruing information, the better the retention and/or understanding
of that information will be? I have been searching Psychinfo for the
past half hour and I just can’t seem to find a source to support this.
Is my lack
Tim, I have one statement and one question. Statement: institutions are
not sentient. Question: what's the origin of any mission statement?
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmierwww.therandomthoughts.co
This is a don't-miss-it article in today's New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/09/health/psychology/09SKEP.html
Beth Benoit
University System of New Hampshire
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In the past I have tried to examine issues of reading comprehension
levels as possibly associated with the poor performance in Psych 100. I
did not find that to be a strong predictor, but still think reading
comprehension is a problem that needs to be more carefully examined. I
am still looking f
Hi. Two thoughts on this topic of poor test-takers. First, I agree with
Stephen that many of the students with poor testing skills really don't
understand when they don't understand. Just on Friday, I was catching up on
my reading (almost a year behind) and read the review article by Dunning,
J
I've been sitting in the dark by the fish pond this morning,
aching and thinking a tad more than usual. Aching because it was a very,
very rough and tough walk. I barely made it. This powerful antibiotic
the urologist has put me for the next couple of week is subtley killing
me. Bette
Another thought to share: As it's been noted prviously,many students refer
to themselves as "poor test takers" as if it were a personality trait. When they
make this kind of global attribution about themselves, it appears to be "out of
their control." One of the many things I dislike about th
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