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Title: The Effects of Microtraining for Attending Behaviors in Adult Testing.
Authors: Taylor, Stephen S., Jahns, Irwin R.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 19
Document Type: Reports - Research
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavior Chaining, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Microteaching, Psychoeducational Methods, Psychological Patterns, Responses, Retention (Psychology), Situational Tests, Teacher Behavior, Teaching Skills, Testing, Testing Problems, Training Methods
Abstract: It has been the experience of most adult basic education teachers that their students are apprehensive about taking tests. The study evaluates the effects of training adult basic education teachers in behavioral attending skills. Two basic questions were investigated: (1) Would the training of instructors in the use of behavior attending skills lead to a corresponding decrease in test anxiety on the part of examinees? and (2) What was the degree of permanence of the subjects' learned behavioral skills? A 1-hour micro-training session with an experimental and control group was used. It was found that the experimental group of teachers differed significantly from the control group in the behavioral skills of attending after training and that this difference was maintained 2 months later. It was also found that test anxiety was lower for examinees tested by the experimental group than those tested by the control group. The methodology of the study is presented in detail, and the appendix includes pertinent statistical data, a bibliography, the behavioral training manual, and the testing environment rating scale used in the study. (MW)
Journal Code: RIEDEC1974
Entry Date: 19740101
Accession Number: ED094108
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