ISSN 2329-9843
International Journal of Education Research and Reviews ISSN 2329-9843 Vol. 7 (1), pp. 001-004, January, 2019. © International Scholars Journals
Short Communication
Effects of test format, self concept and anxiety on item response changing behaviour
E. R. I. Afolabi
Department of Educational Foundations and Counselling, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. E- mail: [email protected]
Accepted 10 September, 2018
Abstract
The study examined the effects of item format, self -concept and anxiety on response changing behaviour. Four hundred undergraduate students who offered a counseling psychology course in a Nigerian university participated in the study. Students’ answers in multiple – choice and true – false formats of an achievement test were observed for response changes. Results indicated that more changes were made in true-false than in multiple-choice test items, and students having moderate trait anxiety made significantly more changes than those having low or high trait anxiety. Academic and general self concept was not found to have significant influence on response changing behaviour.
Key words: Test format, Self-concept, Trait anxiety, State anxiety, Response changing, test scores.