AN INVESTIGATION OF THE COGNITIVE CORRELATES OF TEST-WISENESS 1,2 |
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Authors: | JAMES J. DIAMOND WILLIAM J. EVANS |
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Abstract: | Gibb (1964) defined test-wiseness (TW) as the ability to respond advantageously to multiple-choice items containing extraneous clues and therefore to obtain credit without knowledge of the subject matter being tested. This study investigated TW in a sample of 6th grade pupils. A test instrument was developed utilizing fictitious material similar to the strategy employed by Slakter, Koehler & Hampton (1970). The study examines the cognitive correlates of TW through the interpretation of correlational matrices. The results lend support to the notion that TW is not a general trait, but rather is clue-specific. |
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