BACKGROUND: Botanicals insecticides has remained the major weapons amongst tropical zones farmers to combat hexapods infestation of stored cowpea seeds in lieu of expensive synthetic chemical insecticides that have toxic effects on our environment. OBJECTIVES: Deterrence of cowpea bruchid oviposition and emergence on seeds treated with Cheese wood, Alstoni...

A standard correction for random guessing (cfg) formula on multiple-choice and Yes/Noexaminations was examined retrospectively in the scores of the intermediate female EFL learners in an English language school. The correctionwas a weighting formula for points awarded for correct answers,incorrect answers, and unanswered questions so that the expectedvalue of the increase in test score due to g...

In higher education, a multiple choice test is a widely known format for measuring student’s knowledge. The debate about the two most commonly used scoring methods for multiple choice assessment number right scoring (NR) and negative marking (NM) – seems to be a never-ending story. Both NR scoring as NM do not seem to meet the expectations. However, available research hardly offers alternative ...

This study aims to reveal the effect of emotional intelligence (X1) on science learning outcomes (Y) in students who are given multiple choice association tests and conventional multiple-choice (X2). The research method used is experimental method. population this was class IX at MTs Negeri 7 Model Jakarta. sampling technique uses cluster random sampling. sample consisted 60 divided into have h...

This study aimed at investigating the reliability, predictive validity, and self-esteem and gender bias of confidence-based scoring. This is a method of scoring in which the test takers receive a positive or negative point based on their rating of their confidence in an answer. The participants, who were 49 English-major students taking their grammar course, were given 8 multiple-choice tests d...