The effects of immediate forewarning of test difficulty on test performance

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-285

  Weber, Charles J ^a   Bizer, George Y ^b,c  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Performance

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; STUDENT;

ANXIETY; AWARENESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; TEST ANXIETY SCALE;

EID: 33748304139     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.133.3.277-285     Document Type: Article

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