Three brief assessments of math achievement |
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Authors: | Eric T Steiner Mark H Ashcraft |
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Institution: | 1. University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA 2. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA
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Abstract: | Because of wide disparities in college students?? math knowledge??that is, their math achievement??studies of cognitive processing in math tasks also need to assess their individual level of math achievement. For many research settings, however, using existing math achievement tests is either too costly or too time consuming. To solve this dilemma, we present three brief tests of math achievement here, two drawn from the Wide Range Achievement Test and one composed of noncopyrighted items. All three correlated substantially with the full achievement test and with math anxiety, our original focus, and all show acceptable to excellent reliability. When lengthy testing is not feasible, one of these brief tests can be substituted. |
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