Colleagues from Bryan College of Health Sciences recently conducted a study exploring the effectiveness of anxiety-reducing techniques in alleviating the experience of cognitive test anxiety. Their study is one of…
This study explored factors with the potential to exert facilitative and debilitative influence on undergraduate students’ academic performance. Participants responded to the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale, COPE inventory, and Cognitive…
The purpose of the current examination was to preliminarily suggest severity standards for the recently revised Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale–Second Edition (CTAS-2). Participants responded to the CTAS-2, Motivated Strategies for…
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Abstract:The United States is currently not producing enough graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields to meet the demands of a technology-dependent society. Although there are many efforts…
Abstract: Educational accountability policies have led to a growth in the use of high-stakes examinations for a number of important educational decisions, including the evaluation of teacher effectiveness. As such,…
Abstract: Two laboratory and two randomized field experiments tested a psychological intervention designed to improve students’ scores on high-stakes exams and to increase our understanding of why pressure-filled exam situations…
In an era of test-based accountability, there has been a renewed interest in understanding the relationship between test anxiety and test performance. The development and validation of test anxiety scales…
Abstract: A measure of mathematics anxiety, the Mathematics Anxiety Rat- ing Scale (MARS) has been a major scale used for research and clinical studies since 1972. Despite the usefulness of…
We examined the relation between pressure- induced performance decrements, or ‘‘choking under pressure,’’ in mathematical problem solving and individ- ual differences in working memory capacity. In cognitively based academic skills…
The Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale – Short Form is a 17 – item revision to the original Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS). Psychometric analyses of the original CTAS revealed that…
The Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS) is a 27 – item measure designed to assess the cognitive indicators of test anxiety across the preparation and performance phases of the learning…
The Perceived Test Threat scale is an 18 – item measure designed to assess learners’ perceptions of upcoming tests. Specifically, the scale was designed to determine if learners’ perceived upcoming…
Next Session: Thursday, October 27, 2016, 3:30 – 5:00 PM in TC 217 During this drop-in session, AARC members and affiliates will be working on developing web-based content, videos, and brochures…
Christopher L. Thomas, M.A., is a doctoral student in Educational Psychology at Ball State University and a current fellow in the Research Design Studio. His areas of work include exploring…
Jerrell Cassady is a professor of psychology at Ball State University. His areas of work include exploring the impact of academic anxieties (e.g., test anxiety) on learner outcomes in standard…
The research on test anxiety has repeatedly attempted to provide a more refined measurement of multiple di- dimensions of the construct. Divergence in the field has repeatedly arisen in the…
Two studies examined the effects of cognitive test anxiety on students’ memory,comprehension, and understanding of expository text passages in situations without externally-imposed evaluative pressure. The results gathered through structural equations…
A new Spanish version of the Cognitive Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS) was created to be used explicitly with Argentinean university students. The scale was translated and verified through blind back…
A new measure that focused explicitly on the cognitive dimension of test anxiety was introduced and examined for psychometric quality as compared to existing measures of test anxiety. The new…