Misconceptions Tests or Misconceived Tests?

Authors

Richard A. Griggs
Sarah Ellen Ransdell PhD, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publisher

Sage Publications, Inc.

ISSN

0098-6283

Publication Date

12-1987

Keywords

High School, Psychology Class, Misconceptions Test, College, Test

Abstract

It was found that taking a psychology course in high school did not improve the performance of college students in an introductory psychology class on a modified version of Vaughan's (1977) misconceptions test. However, college experience did lead to a significant, but not large, improvement. A comparison of our results with those from previous studies, along with an analysis of specific test items, indicated that perhaps the test itself is misconceived.

DOI

10.1207/s15328023top1404_4

Volume

14

Issue

4

First Page

210

Last Page

214

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

NSUWorks Citation

Griggs, Richard A. and Ransdell, Sarah Ellen PhD, "Misconceptions Tests or Misconceived Tests?" (1987). Department of Health Sciences Faculty Articles. 232.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_hs_facarticles/232