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- Title
BRIEF DAILY WRITING ACTIVITIES AND PERFOMANCE ON MAJOR MULTIPLE-CHOICE EXAMS.
- Authors
Turner, Haley C.; Bliss, Stacy L.; Hautau, Briana; Carroll, Erin; Jaspers, Kathryn E.; Williams, Robert L.
- Abstract
Five-minute daily writing activities requiring students to compare and contrast pairs of concepts in instructor notes and PowerPoint slides increased performance on multiple-choice exams in a large undergraduate human development course. Compared with other established predictors of exam performance, scores on the writing activities proved to be the strongest predictor.
- Subjects
EDUCATIONAL tests &; measurements; MULTIPLE choice examinations; GENERAL education; CRITICAL thinking studies; MENTAL work; INTELLECTUAL development; LEARNING strategies; TEACHING aids; EXAMINATION item analysis
- Publication
JGE: The Journal of General Education, 2006, Vol 55, Issue 3/4, p221
- ISSN
0021-3667
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/jge.2007.0007