Different Learning Levels in Multiple-choice and Essay Tests: Immediate and Delayed Retention

an investigation of accuracy and complexity across different proficiency levels in written narrative task

abstract this quasi-experimental study was aimed at examining the impact of storyline complexity on the grammatical accuracy and complexity of advanced and intermediate efl learners. a total of 65 advanced and intermediate efl learners were selected from iran language institute (ili). an intact group including 35 intermediate participants and another intact group with 30 advanced participants ...

Achievement Differences on Multiple-Choice and Essay Tests in Economics

modularity of reading comprehension in multiple-choice cloze procedure and reliability fluctuation

هدف این رساله تحقیق در مورد یافتن ارتباط بین واحدهای درک مطلب (از قبیل پروسه واژگانی، پروسه ساختاری و پروسه تفسیر معنایی) از طریق تست کلوز چهار چوابی در بین دانشجویان سال آخر رشته زبان انگلیسی میباشد. در مرحله اول از 150 دانشجو (80 مونث و 70 مذکر) از بین دانشجویان کارشناسی و کارشناسی ارشد دانشگاههای علامه طباطبائی، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی و دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد شمال تست نلسون (450 دی) گرفته شد. ...

Memorial consequences of multiple-choice testing on immediate and delayed tests.

Multiple-choice testing has both positive and negative consequences for performance on later tests. Prior testing increases the number of questions answered correctly on a later test but also increases the likelihood that questions will be answered with lures from the previous multiple-choice test (Roediger & Marsh, 2005). Prior research has shown that the positive effects of testing persist ov...

The Effect of Three Vocabulary Learning Strategies of Word-part, Word-card and Context-clue on Iranian High School Students’ Immediate and Delayed English Vocabulary Learning and Retention

The present study was an attempt to compare the effect of three VLSs, namely word-part strategy, word-card strategy and context-clue strategy on immediate and delayed English vocabulary retention of Iranian third grade high school students. To this end, 90 students, studying at three high schools in Tabriz, in three intact groups, were considered as the participants of the study. In order to en...

Comparison of the effect of post-instruction multiple-choice and short-answer tests on delayed retention learning.

BACKGROUND People forget much of what they learn, therefore students could benefit from learning strategies that yield long-lasting knowledge. Yet surprisingly, little is known about how longterm retention is most efficiently mastered. We studied the value of teacher made in class tests as learning aids and compared two types of teacher-made tests (multiple choice and short-answer tests) with a...