Authorized Crib Cards Do Not Improve Exam Performance

We experimentally investigated the effect of authorized crib cards on undergraduates' multiple-choice exam performance for lower order and higher order questions and on anxiety levels in an upper division child and adolescent development course. Students (N = 54) in 2 sections could use crib ca...

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Published in:Teaching of psychology 2005-10, Vol.32 (4), p.230-233
Main Authors: Dickson, K. Laurie, Miller, Michelle D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement tests
Anxiety
College students
Multiple choice
Multiple Choice Tests
Student Attitudes
Teaching aids & devices
Test Anxiety
Test Results
Testing
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:We experimentally investigated the effect of authorized crib cards on undergraduates' multiple-choice exam performance for lower order and higher order questions and on anxiety levels in an upper division child and adolescent development course. Students (N = 54) in 2 sections could use crib cards during 2 of the 4 exams. Despite student expectations that crib cards would greatly improve performance and reduce anxiety, their use did not improve performance for either the higher order or lower order exam questions, nor did they reduce student anxiety. The failure of authorized crib cards to improve exam performance even for factual material suggests that instructors ought to weigh seriously the decision to allow such cards on exams.
ISSN:0098-6283
1532-8023
DOI:10.1207/s15328023top3204_6