Recently added articles from The Journal of Experimental Education:
Grading scheme, test difficulty, and the immediate feedback assessment technique.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. The authors examined how the grading scheme affects learning and students' reactions to the Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique (IFAT), an answer form providing immediate feedback on multiple-choice questions. Undergraduate students (N = 141) took a general-knowledge ...
Improving students' evaluation of informal arguments.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. Evaluating the structural quality of arguments is a skill that is important to students' ability to comprehend the arguments of others and produce their own. The authors examined college and high school students' ability to evaluate the quality of 2-clause (claim-reason) ...
Exploring teachers' beliefs about teaching knowledge: where does it come from? Does it change?(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. The authors analyzed the open-ended responses of preservice (n = 53) and practicing (n = 57) teachers in terms of themes related to beliefs regarding the source and stability of teaching knowledge. Findings indicate that participants hold a range of beliefs regarding these ...
Investigating transactions among motives, emotional regulation related to testing, and test emotions.(Report)
Jun 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. The authors examined the relationships among achievement motives, emotional regulation, and emotions. They collected data from 425 college undergraduates (110 men, 315 women) and used several scales, including the Achievement Motives Scales (K. Hagtvet & L. Zou, 2000), the ...
Walking on the borders: a measure of epistemic cognition in history.(Report)
Mar 22, 2009; ... ABSTRACT. The authors build on literature related to the development of epistemic cognition, research on historical thinking, and studies of individuals' epistemic beliefs. They designed this study to explore, develop, and test a measure of epistemic cognition in history. They administered ...