High stakes tests are defined as those tests that “carry serious consequences for students or educators.” The consequences from standardized achievement tests range from grade retention for school children to rewards or punitive measures for schools and school districts. The nature of standardized achievement tests used in these situations poses validity problems for the decisions. Numerous uni...

BACKGROUND The aim of present study was to investigate the learning and memorization rate of English based on authentic and traditional assessment approaches in Sari secondary schools. METHODS It was performed in semi- experimental method. The sample included 60 first year high school male students, selected randomly. Then it has been divided in two groups as experimental and control groups. ...

The global epidemic of obesity and physical inactivity may have detrimental implications for young people's cognitive function and academic achievement. This prospective study investigated whether childhood motor function predicts later academic achievement via physical activity, fitness, and obesity. The study sample included 8,061 children from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986, which co...

This paper uses 10 years of enrollment data at four Texas public universities to examine whether, to what extent, and in what ways high school attended contributes to racial and ethnic differences in college achievement. Like previous studies, we show that controlling for observable pre-college achievement variables (e.g. test scores, class rank) shrinks, but does not eliminate, sizable racial ...

objective: this research investigated the relationship personality traits, resources management strategies and motivational strategies in predicting academic achievement whit intellectual disability students at second grade of high school in townships of tehran. materials & methods: the participants were 200 students (126 girls and 74 boys) at second grade of high school in townships of tehran ...

This study on the effects of a Drug Rehabilitation Module on the motivation achievement of Rehabilitation Centre inmates used an experimental research design. Sixty-six respondents of the centre participated and were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Each group comprised of 33 subjects. The hypotheses were tested using t-test and Pearson correlation statistics. Result sh...

The study investigated the effects of mathematics anxiety on matriculation students as related to motivation and achievement. Subjects included 88 students who were at the end of their second semester of study. Anxiety and motivation were measured using the Fennema-Sherman Math Anxiety Scale (MAS) and Effectance Motivation Scale (EMS) respectively. The instrument used to measure achievement was...

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of teaching of the problem solving strategies on the students’ physics achievement, strategy level, attitude, and achievement motivation. Experimental procedures were conducted on the tenth grade students in Turkey. Research data were collected with Physics Achievement Test, Surveys of Problem Solving Strategies, Problem Solving Attitude, and Ach...