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Record 1 1994-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

a subject's capacity to utilize the characteristics and formats of the test and/or the test-taking situation to receive a high score; logically independent of the examinee's knowledge of the subject matter which the items are supposedly measuring; includes knowledge of strategies in using time, avoiding error, guessing, reasoning deductively, and using cues and specific determiners.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • Docimologie

Spanish

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