Background Large-scale assessments in education are typically administered using multiple test forms or booklets in which the same items are presented in different positions or locations within the forms. The main purpose of this practice is to improve test security by reducing the possibility of cheating among test takers (Debeer and Janssen 2013). This practice also helps test developers admi...

Black middle school students in the United States continue to perform poorly on standardized reading achievement tests in comparison to other racial and ethnic groups. The purpose of this research study was to examine the effectiveness of a vocabulary-focused test preparation program for Black middle school students. The theoretical framework consisted of Thorndike’s concept of test-wiseness, a...

The main purpose of this study was to compare the strategies used by Chinesespeaking students when confronted with familiar versus unfamiliar topics in a multiplechoice format reading comprehension test. The focus was on describing what students do when they are taking reading comprehension tests by asking students to verbalize their thoughts. The strategies were further compared with participa...

OBJECTIVES This pilot study was designed to evaluate the impact of a pre-rotation workshop (PRW) on pharmacy students' clinical skills and preparation for clinical Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) involving direct patient care. METHODS Randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with Institutional Review Board approval. PRW activities designed to simulate rotation ...

www.pharmacypractice.org 219 ABSTRACT Objectives: This pilot study was designed to evaluate the impact of a pre-rotation workshop (PRW) on pharmacy students’ clinical skills and preparation for clinical Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) involving direct patient care. Methods: Randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with Institutional Review Board approval. PRW act...

Personal competence is one of the four main competencies that teachers in Indonesia must possess. However, literature has been still limited on teacher's personal EFL context. Therefore, present study aims to discover application vocational English teachers� and its implication teaching learning process. To achieve purpose this study, a qualitative approach form case was employed. Two consistin...