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THE EFFECTS OF FOUR METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION ON TEST ACHIEVEMENT
Author(s) -
FERRIS MANFORD J.,
NICHOLS DARYL G.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1969.tb00663.x
Subject(s) - test (biology) , psychology , administration (probate law) , applied psychology , mathematics education , medical education , medicine , paleontology , political science , law , biology
The purpose of the study was to compare three methods of individual test administration (interview, self‐paced tape, speaker‐paced tape) and one group method (speaker‐paced tape). Individual administrations were done in carrels in a portable van. Subjects were third‐and seventh‐grade students in 15 California public schools. Overall differences among test administration methods on multiple‐choice test scores were not significant for either grade group; although for both grades, the mean score under the group administration method was highest. On short‐answer exercises, third‐graders performed significantly better in individual interview administrations. For seventh‐graders, scores on short‐answer questions were significantly higher under the interview and group speaker‐paced methods than under the individual speaker‐paced method.