CONFIDENCE TESTING AT THE ACADEMIC INSTRUCTOR COURSE OF THE AIR UNIVERSITY: AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1968,
Abstract
The paper reports the results of the second in a series of experiments aimed at developing and evaluating procedures for using Valid Confidence testing in instructional settings. The data indicate that in most instances Valid Confidence testing yielded information from the students over and above what could have been obtained from the choice scores on the same test. A comparison of inferred choice scores and confidence scores shows that the choice scores would have been unfair in indicating the extent of each student's information on the test. The data illustrate how the confidence response enables an instructor to obtain a much more accurate idea than ever before of each student's specific strengths and weaknesses on each test question making possible more effective and efficient reteaching. An analysis, made of each possible answer on the August unit test, yields a distribution of the degrees of confidence placed on that answer by the students. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0685178
Entities
People
- Emir H. Shuford Jr.
- H. Edward Massengill