2012
DOI: 10.5539/hes.v2n4p68
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Using Potential Performance Theory to Assess How to Increase Student Consistency in Taking Exams

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It has been a concern among educators and academics that U.S. students suffer from a lack of knowledge about the world around them. This is reflected in low history scores, particularly in world history. The common explanation for this is that there is some systematic deficiency in American students, in that they either do not know the material or have poor testing strategies. We offer a different way of looking at this problem using Potential Performance Theory (PPT). With PPT, we assessed the consistency … Show more

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“…Consistency has been shown to be valuable in optimizing student performance when completing assessments (Rice, Geels, Trafimow, & Hackett, 2011). A unique aspect to the current study was the use of a real-world exam, whereas previous studies have been conducted in lab settings (Hunt, Rice, Trafimow, & Sandry, in press;Rice, Geels, Hackett, et al, 2012;Rice, Trafimow, & Hunt, 2010;Rice, Trafimow, & Kraemer, 2012;Sandry et al, in press). The current study utilized questions from the Federal Aviation Administration's Private Pilot Knowledge Exam and was completed in a real-world setting where participants were studying to complete the official examination for pilot certification.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Consistency has been shown to be valuable in optimizing student performance when completing assessments (Rice, Geels, Trafimow, & Hackett, 2011). A unique aspect to the current study was the use of a real-world exam, whereas previous studies have been conducted in lab settings (Hunt, Rice, Trafimow, & Sandry, in press;Rice, Geels, Hackett, et al, 2012;Rice, Trafimow, & Hunt, 2010;Rice, Trafimow, & Kraemer, 2012;Sandry et al, in press). The current study utilized questions from the Federal Aviation Administration's Private Pilot Knowledge Exam and was completed in a real-world setting where participants were studying to complete the official examination for pilot certification.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Based on participant responses, a withinpersons correlation is completed, and this creates a quantifiable gauge of a participant's consistency. Prior research on human-automation performance, counting, educational testtaking, memory, time pressure, visual search, perception, aerial reconnaissance, and morality have used within-persons consistency coefficients (Hunt, Rice, Trafimow, & Sandry, in press;Rice, Geels, Hackett, et al, 2012;Rice, Geels, Trafimow, & Hackett, 2011;Rice & Trafimow, 2012a, 2012bRice, Trafimow, & Hunt, 2010;Rice, Trafimow, Keller, Hunt, & Geels, 2011;Rice, Trafimow & Kraemer, 2012;Trafimow, MacDonald, & Rice, 2012;Trafimow & Rice, 2008. One common trend throughout these studies was participants' rather low consistency, particularly when the task was difficult.…”
Section: Test-taking Performancementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Mean randomness figures were 39% for astronomy and 86% for spatial memory. Rice, Trafimow and Kraemer (2012) had participants take a world history test spanning thousands of years and various countries. The authors reported a mean consistency coefficient of .69 for the test, with the mean randomness being 52%.…”
Section: Issues In Social Sciencementioning
confidence: 99%