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An analysis of response changes on objective test questions

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dc.contributor Wichita State University. Department of Dental Hygiene en_US
dc.contributor.author Huntley, D. E. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2012-03-06T16:26:29Z
dc.date.available 2012-03-06T16:26:29Z
dc.date.issued 1985-05 en_US
dc.identifier 3880057 en_US
dc.identifier 0361603 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Journal of allied health. 1985 May; 14(2): 213-222. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0090-7421 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0090-7421 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10057/4745
dc.description The full text of this article is not available in SOAR. en_US
dc.description.abstract Response changes of two classes of 30 dental hygiene students each were tabulated on multiple-choice questions on quizzes, midterms, and final examinations. Response changes were classified as wrong to right, right to wrong, or wrong to wrong. Despite educational myths that changing answers is harmful, significantly more responses were changed from wrong to right than from right to wrong. There were more answers changed for test items of low and moderate difficulty than high difficulty. Students ranked in the top third of the class made the fewest number of response changes. A comparison of actual and revised grades showed that the response changes significantly improved grades. Faculty should encourage students to examine their own pattern of response changes and use this information to their advantage when taking objective tests. en_US
dc.format.extent 213-222 en_US
dc.language.iso eng en_US
dc.publisher Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Journal of Allied Health en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries J Allied Health en_US
dc.source NLM en_US
dc.subject.mesh Adolescent en_US
dc.subject.mesh Adult en_US
dc.subject.mesh Dental Hygienists/education en_US
dc.subject.mesh Educational Measurement/methods en_US
dc.subject.mesh Educational Status en_US
dc.subject.mesh Female en_US
dc.subject.mesh Humans en_US
dc.title An analysis of response changes on objective test questions en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.coverage.spacial United States en_US
dc.description.version peer reviewed en_US
dc.rights.holder Copyright © Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions en_US

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