The findings for West Virginia's statewide initiative are as follows: • The more students participated in computer education, the more their test scores rose on standardized testing. ... All students' test scores rose on the standardized tests with lower achieving students rising the most. ... Compared to conventional classrooms with their stress on verbal knowledge and multiple choice test performance, technology provides a very different set of challenges and a different avenue in which students can exhibit their understanding of the material. A linked technology effect that ...

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The analysis of variance was used as a test of significance. ... Palmer (54) concurred and stressed the permanency of the gains demonstrated by the experimental group. ... West (74), by verbally inducing a speed set in one group and an accuracy set in another, tested the Gilbreth concept of early emphasis upon developing expert rates in motor skill activities. ... These findings conflict with other studies; it is possible that the effect of speed set upon accuracy depends upon the degree of stress upon each factor. Martin's experiment (29) tested the use of a continuous speed-forcing...

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"They are less, likely to be overwhelmed by stress and anxiety". ... These statements seem to suggest that the general sense of having so many role demands or obligations that the individual feels unable to perform them all adequately leaving the employed women more vulnerable to stress and lower self-efficacy. ... For students the higher the sense of self – efficacy, the greater the effort reducing the amount of stress and anxiety they experience when facing obstacles. ...

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You decide to include a group test of intelligence (based on the psychometric approach) but given the multicultural context in which you are working, you also administer a test that measures learning potential (using dynamic assessment). ... Provide an example of a group test of intelligence and of a learning potential test that you would use and justify your choices. ... TESTS FOR ASSESSING COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING 15 5.1 The General Scholastic Aptitude Test 16 5.2 The Learning Potential Computerized Adaptive Test 17 5.3 The Differential Aptitude Test Form K 19 5.4 Additionally 19 6. .....

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THE PROBLEM RATIONALE High performance in every test is one of the major goals of every teacher and every learning institution. ... The researcher had encountered many students who obtained low scores in periodical test. Specifically in grade 7 class of SY 2015-2016, during the first periodical test, out of 89 students 39 got a score of 20 and below from 50-item test. ... Using the mastery exercises, Grade 7 teachers can explore other supplementary exercises in Mathematics for the improvement of test results. ...

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I also cannot stress enough, the importance of strong family-teacher relationships. ... Informal assessment provides a clear picture of the child since they are engaged at a level not seen in formal situations, such as test taking or when asked to do something specific. ...

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The Study of Attention Deficit Disorder And Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity The purpose of this paper is to review the contemporary literature related to the cooccurrence of attention-deficit disorder (ADD), with and without hyperactivity, and specific learning disabilities. Factors common to children with either learning disability or attention deficit disorder as compared to common features of children diagnosed as having both ADD and learning disability are presented. Attention disorders are now recognized as the most comm...

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Background Alcohol consumption among university students is a continuing concern for the population (Wilk et al., 1997; DOH, 2005) and the general behaviours influenced by alcohol involve violence, unsafe sexual tendencies leading to unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, injuries and ...

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In EFL context, learners often spend many years in learning English, so proper ways of learning English should be stressed... This is necessary to diagnose students' problems in language learning just as the function of a test which is used by teacher to know their students' level of linguistic proficiency. ...

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No one can question it because it gives stress to the importance of global communication. ... If the student wants to take a step towards literacy in reading he can attest himself through several tests that will be able to measure his reading skills. The reading test that he should take should be valid, reliable and simple, if that so, the result of his exams will show his strengths and weaknesses in reading with proficiency, this results will be the basis to further improve and mend his weaknesses while retaining the strengths that he already have. ...

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