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Cognitive‐Style Differences in Testing Situations
Author(s) -
Armstrong AnneMarie
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
educational measurement: issues and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.158
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1745-3992
pISSN - 0731-1745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3992.1993.tb00538.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , clarity , cognitive style , style (visual arts) , government (linguistics) , cognition , psychology , cognitive psychology , multiple choice , social psychology , applied psychology , reading (process) , political science , communication , linguistics , biochemistry , chemistry , philosophy , archaeology , neuroscience , law , history
Why will multiple‐choice tests continue to serve the needs of education, business, and government? How d o differences in cognitive style affect performance on multiple‐choice tests of different types? How does clarity and care in writing multiple‐choice items affect performance?