Do You Take a Test the Same Way I Do? Addressing Test-Taking in Educational Psychology

• In Event: 31.086 - Teaching Educational Psychology: Varied Contexts for Teaching and Test-Taking

Abstract

As we enter an era of global human mobility, students with various backgrounds enter schools and undergo assessments. However, it is not clear if the test-taking strategies used by students are universal. The purpose of this study was: 1) to perform a preliminary investigation on the psychometric quality of the English adaptation of a test-taking strategies questionnaire, and 2) to explore possible variations in test-taking practices and beliefs in two countries with varied testing cultures. The findings indicate that this questionnaire has adequate psychometric properties, while some test-taking strategy variations exist. These differences are discussed within an Educational Psychology framework.

Authors

• Elena C. Papanastasiou, University of Nicosia

• Agni Stylianou-Georgiou, University of Nicosia

• Julia Kara-Soteriou, University of Bridgeport