Answer Changing After Instruction on Answer Changing
- 13 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development
- Vol. 19 (2) , 93-101
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.1986.12022828
Abstract
Students instructed on research findings regarding answer changing made gains comparable to those of uninstructed students when changing item responses. Most changed their answers because they rethought or reread items. Counselors should not discourage students from changing answers.Keywords
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