GSSR - Global Social Sciences Review

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS PERCEPTION OF ASSESSMENT THEIR EXAM PREPARATION STRATEGIES AND THEIR CGPA AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).10 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).10
Authored by : Sadia Mushtaq , Ahmad Farooq Mash'hadi

10 Pages : 85-94

References

Abd, K. M. S., Seyf, A. A., Karimi, Y., Biabangard, E. (2008). Making and normalization of the academic motivation scale in the male high school students in Mashhad and the effect of instruction of the study skills on the motivation. Stud Educ Psychol, 18(1), 5-20.
Alkharusi, H. (2011). Development and datametric properties of a scale measuring students' perceptions of the classroom assessment environment. International Journal of Instruction, 4(1), 105-120.
Alkharusi, H., Aldhafri, S., Alnabhani, H., & Alkalbani, M. (2014). Modeling the Relationship between perceptions of assessment tasks and classroom assessment environment as a function of gender. The Asia-Pacific Educational Researcher, 23(1), 93-104.
Azizian, M., Abedi, M. (2007). An investigation of the changing pattern of reading errors in students 2nd to 5th grades of primary schools. Stud Educ Psychol, 8(1),101-14.
Bhatti, R. & Bart, W. M. (2013). On the effect of learning style on scholastic achievement. Current Issues in Education, 16(2),1-6.
Brown, G. T. L., McInerney, D. M., & Liem, G. A. D. (2009). Student perspectives of assessment, considering what assessment means to learners. In D. M. McInerney, G. T. L. Brown, & G. A. D. Liem (Eds.), Student perspectives on assessment: What students can tell us about assessment for learning. Scottsdale, AZ: Information Age Publishing.
Bush, H. F., & Walsh, V. K. (2014). The effectiveness of daily assessments: A preliminary study in principles of financial accounting. American Journal of Business Education, 7(3), 237-244.
Cheng, L., Wu, Y., & Liu, X. (2015). Chinese university students' perceptions of assessment tasks and classroom assessment environment. Language Testing in Asia, 5(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40468-015-0020-6
Coetzee, M. (2012). A framework for developing studentgraduateness and employability in the economic and management sciences atthe University of South Africa. In Coetzee, M, Botha, J., Eccles, N., Holtzhausen, N. & Nienaber, H. (eds). Developing studentgraduateness and employability: issues, provocations, theory and practical guidelines, 119-152.
Coetzee, M., & Oosthuizen, R. M. (2012). Students' sense of coherence, study engagement and self-efficacy in relation to their study and employability satisfaction. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 22(3), 315- 322.
Dhindsa, H. S., Omar, K., & Waldrip, B. (2007). Upper secondary Bruneian science students' perceptions of assessment. International Journal of Science Education, 29(10), 1261-1280.
Dodeen, H. (2008). Assessing test-taking strategies of university students: Developing a scale and estimating its psychometric indices. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 33(4), 409- 419.
Dolly, J. P., & Williams, K. S. (1986). Using testtaking strategies to maximize multiplechoice test scores. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 46(3), 619- 625.
Dorman, J. P., Fisher, D. L., & Waldrip, B. G. (2006). Classroom environment, students' perceptions of assessment, academic efficacy and attitude to science: A LISREL analysis. In D. Fisher & M. S. Khine (Eds.), Contemporary approaches to research on learning environment: Worldviews (1-28). World Scientific Publishing.
Entwistle, N., McCune, V., & Walker, P. (2001). Conceptions, styles, and approaches within higher education: Analytic abstractions and everyday experience. Perspectives on thinking, learning, and cognitive styles, 103- 136.
Felder, R. M., & Brent, R. (2005). Understanding student differences. Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1), 57-72.
Gao, M. (2012). Classroom Assessment in Mathematics: High School Students' Perceptions. International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 3(2),
Gerritsen-van Leeuwenkamp, K. J., Joosten-ten Brinke, D., & Kester, L. (2017). Assessment quality in tertiary education: An integrative literature review. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 55, 94-116. http://doi.org/10.1016/j. stueduc.2017.08.001
Gerritsen-van Leeuwenkamp, K. J., Joosten-ten Brinke, D., & Kester, L. (2019). Developing questionnaires to measure students' expectations and perceptions of assessment quality. Cogent Education, 5(1), 1464425.
Gettinger, M., & Seibert, J. K. (2002). Contributions of study skills to academic competence. School Psychol Rev, 31(3), 350.
Ghanbari, S., Ardalan, M. R., & Karimi, I. (2015). Effect of the Challenges of Student earnings Evaluation on Deliberate Practice Study Approach. Educ Strategy Med Sci, 8(2), 105-13.
Gulikers J. T. M., Bastiaens, T. J., Krishner, P. A., & Kester, L. (2006). Relations between Students' Perceptions of Assessment Authenticity. Study Approaches and Learning Outcome. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 32(4), 381-400.
Gulikers, J., Kester, L., Kirschner, P. A., & Bastiaens, T. J. (2008). The effect of practical experience on perceptions of assessment authenticity, study approach, and learning outcomes. Learning and Instruction, 18, 172-186. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.0 2.012
Gurung, R. A. (2005). How do students really study (and does it matter). Education, 39, 323-340.
Gurung, R. A., Weidert, J., & Jeske, A. (2010). Focusing on how students study. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 28-35.
Halili, H. S., Naimie, Z., Sira, S., AhmedAbuzaid, R., & Leng, C. H. (2015). Exploring the link between learning styles and gender among distance learners. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 237, 1082-1086. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.238
Hasan, A. R., Zahra, K. (2009). Students' familiarity with reading methods: A literature review. Ketab-e Mah-e Kolliyat,12 (11), 70-3.
Heller, M. L., & Cassady J. C. (2016). Predicting Community College and University Student Success. J College Student Retent Res Theory Pract, 18(4), 431-56. doi: 10.1177/1521025115611130.
Holzer, M. L., Madaus, J. W., Bray, M. A., & Kehle, T. J. (2009). The test-taking strategy intervention for college students with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 24(1), 44-56.
Hou. Y. (2015). Raising self-awareness of learning styles: From a gender difference perspective. International Journal of Learner Diversity & Identities, 21(3/4), 1-10.
Islam, J., Rahman, A., & Boland, G. (2011). Nexus of learning style with satisfaction and success of accounting students: A crosscultural study at an Australian university. International Journal of Learning and Change, 5(3/4), 288-304. http://doi.org/10.1504/ IJLC.2011.045066
Kitsantas, A. (2002). Test preparation and performance: A self-regulatory analysis. The Journal of Experimental Education, 70 (2), 101-113.
Lau, W. W., & Yuen, A. H. (2010). Gender differences in learning styles: Nurturing a gender and style sensitive computer science classroom. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26(7),1090-1103.
Levin, B. (2000). Putting students at the centre in education reform. Journal of Educational Change, 1(2), 155- 172. http://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010024225888
Linnenbrink, E. A., & Pintrich, P. R. (2002). Motivation as an enabler for academic success. School Psychology Review, 31(3), 313-327.
Mehdinezhad, V., & Esmaeeli, R. (2015). Students' approaches to learning superficial, strategic and deep. Educ Strategy Med Sci, 8(2), 83-9.
Meyer, L. H., Davidson, S., McKenzie, L., Rees, M., Anderson, H., Fletcher, R., & Johnston, P. M. (2010). An investigation of tertiary assessment policy and practice: Alignment and contradictions. Higher Education Quarterly, 64(3), 331-350. http://doi.org/10.1111/ j.1468- 2273.2010.00459.x
Naimie, Z., Siraj, S., Abuzaid, R. A., & Shagholi, R. (2010). Hypothesized learners: Technology preferences based on learning style dimensions. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 9(4), 83-92.
Ng, P., Pinto, J., Williams, J., & Williams, S. K. (2011). The effects of learning styles on course performance: A quantile regression analysis. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, 15(1), 15-37.
O'Donovan, B. (2016). How student beliefs about knowledge and knowing influence their satisfaction with assessment and feedback. Higher Education, 74(4), 617- 633. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-016- 0068-y
Porter, S. R. (2004). Raising response rates: What works?. New directions for institutional research, 2004(121), 5-21.
Roese, N. J., & Sherman, J. W. (2007). Expectancy. In A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (91-115). Guilford Press.
Schaap, L., Schmidt, H. G., & Verkoeijen, P. P. (2012). Assessing knowledge growth in a psychology curriculum: which students improve most?.Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 37(7), 875-887.
Smith, L. (2002). The effects of confidence and percepiton of test-taking skills on performance. North American Journal of Psychology, 4(1), 37-50.
Soltanalgharaei, K. H. (2014). Relationship of study skills and exam preparation method in master students. Educ Strateg Med Sci, 7(1), 51-6.
Struyven, K., Dochy, F., & Janssens, S. (2005). Students' perceptions about evaluation and assessment in higher education: A review. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 30(4), 325-340. http://doi.org/10.1080/02602930500099102
Svensson, G., & Wood, G. (2007). Are university students really customers? When illusion may lead to delusion for all. International Journal of Educational Management, 21, 17-28.
Thibodeaux, J., Deutsch, A., Kitsantas, A., & Winsler, A. (2017). First-year college students' time use: Relations with selfregulation and GPA. Journal of Advanced Academics, 28(1), 5-27. http://doi.org/ 10.1177/1932202x16676860.
Tsai, C. Y., Li, Y. Y., & Cheng, Y. Y. (2017). The relationships among adult affective factors, engagement in science, and scientific competencies. Adult Education Quarterly, 67(1), 30-47. http://doi.org/10.1177/0741713616673148.
Van de Watering, G., & Van de Rijt, J. (2006). Teachers' and students' perceptions of assessment: A review and a study into the ability and accuracy of estimating the difficulty levels of assessment items. Educational Research Review, 1, 133-147. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2006.05.001
Viljoen, C. C. (2012). First-year students' intention to stay: engagement and psychological conditions (Doctoral dissertation, North-West University).
Waldrip, B. G., Fisher, D. L., & Dorman, J. P. (2008). Students' perceptions of assessment process: questionnaire. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Science, Mathematics and Technology Education (561-568). Curtin University of Technology.
Wang, X., & Cheng, L. (2010). Chinese EFL students' perceptions of the classroom assessment environment and their goal orientations. In L. Cheng & A. Curtis (Eds.), English language assessment and the Chinese learner (pp. 202-218). Routledge.
Wicking, P. (2020). Formative assessment of students from a Confucian heritage culture: Insights from Japan. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 45(2), 180- 192. http://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1616 672
Williams, S. B., Rudyk B. P., & Dunning, D. (2004). Scoring and interpretation guide: Exam preparation inventory. Edmonton, Canada: Psychometrics Publishing.
Zimbardo, P. G., Weber, A. L., & Johnson, R. L. (2009). Sensation and perception. In S. Frail, J. Swasey, D. Hanlon, & A. Pickard (Eds.), Psychology core concepts (287- 333). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.

References

Abd, K. M. S., Seyf, A. A., Karimi, Y., Biabangard, E. (2008). Making and normalization of the academic motivation scale in the male high school students in Mashhad and the effect of instruction of the study skills on the motivation. Stud Educ Psychol, 18(1), 5-20.
Alkharusi, H. (2011). Development and datametric properties of a scale measuring students' perceptions of the classroom assessment environment. International Journal of Instruction, 4(1), 105-120.
Alkharusi, H., Aldhafri, S., Alnabhani, H., & Alkalbani, M. (2014). Modeling the Relationship between perceptions of assessment tasks and classroom assessment environment as a function of gender. The Asia-Pacific Educational Researcher, 23(1), 93-104.
Azizian, M., Abedi, M. (2007). An investigation of the changing pattern of reading errors in students 2nd to 5th grades of primary schools. Stud Educ Psychol, 8(1),101-14.
Bhatti, R. & Bart, W. M. (2013). On the effect of learning style on scholastic achievement. Current Issues in Education, 16(2),1-6.
Brown, G. T. L., McInerney, D. M., & Liem, G. A. D. (2009). Student perspectives of assessment, considering what assessment means to learners. In D. M. McInerney, G. T. L. Brown, & G. A. D. Liem (Eds.), Student perspectives on assessment: What students can tell us about assessment for learning. Scottsdale, AZ: Information Age Publishing.
Bush, H. F., & Walsh, V. K. (2014). The effectiveness of daily assessments: A preliminary study in principles of financial accounting. American Journal of Business Education, 7(3), 237-244.
Cheng, L., Wu, Y., & Liu, X. (2015). Chinese university students' perceptions of assessment tasks and classroom assessment environment. Language Testing in Asia, 5(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40468-015-0020-6
Coetzee, M. (2012). A framework for developing studentgraduateness and employability in the economic and management sciences atthe University of South Africa. In Coetzee, M, Botha, J., Eccles, N., Holtzhausen, N. & Nienaber, H. (eds). Developing studentgraduateness and employability: issues, provocations, theory and practical guidelines, 119-152.
Coetzee, M., & Oosthuizen, R. M. (2012). Students' sense of coherence, study engagement and self-efficacy in relation to their study and employability satisfaction. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 22(3), 315- 322.
Dhindsa, H. S., Omar, K., & Waldrip, B. (2007). Upper secondary Bruneian science students' perceptions of assessment. International Journal of Science Education, 29(10), 1261-1280.
Dodeen, H. (2008). Assessing test-taking strategies of university students: Developing a scale and estimating its psychometric indices. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 33(4), 409- 419.
Dolly, J. P., & Williams, K. S. (1986). Using testtaking strategies to maximize multiplechoice test scores. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 46(3), 619- 625.
Dorman, J. P., Fisher, D. L., & Waldrip, B. G. (2006). Classroom environment, students' perceptions of assessment, academic efficacy and attitude to science: A LISREL analysis. In D. Fisher & M. S. Khine (Eds.), Contemporary approaches to research on learning environment: Worldviews (1-28). World Scientific Publishing.
Entwistle, N., McCune, V., & Walker, P. (2001). Conceptions, styles, and approaches within higher education: Analytic abstractions and everyday experience. Perspectives on thinking, learning, and cognitive styles, 103- 136.
Felder, R. M., & Brent, R. (2005). Understanding student differences. Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1), 57-72.
Gao, M. (2012). Classroom Assessment in Mathematics: High School Students' Perceptions. International Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 3(2),
Gerritsen-van Leeuwenkamp, K. J., Joosten-ten Brinke, D., & Kester, L. (2017). Assessment quality in tertiary education: An integrative literature review. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 55, 94-116. http://doi.org/10.1016/j. stueduc.2017.08.001
Gerritsen-van Leeuwenkamp, K. J., Joosten-ten Brinke, D., & Kester, L. (2019). Developing questionnaires to measure students' expectations and perceptions of assessment quality. Cogent Education, 5(1), 1464425.
Gettinger, M., & Seibert, J. K. (2002). Contributions of study skills to academic competence. School Psychol Rev, 31(3), 350.
Ghanbari, S., Ardalan, M. R., & Karimi, I. (2015). Effect of the Challenges of Student earnings Evaluation on Deliberate Practice Study Approach. Educ Strategy Med Sci, 8(2), 105-13.
Gulikers J. T. M., Bastiaens, T. J., Krishner, P. A., & Kester, L. (2006). Relations between Students' Perceptions of Assessment Authenticity. Study Approaches and Learning Outcome. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 32(4), 381-400.
Gulikers, J., Kester, L., Kirschner, P. A., & Bastiaens, T. J. (2008). The effect of practical experience on perceptions of assessment authenticity, study approach, and learning outcomes. Learning and Instruction, 18, 172-186. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.0 2.012
Gurung, R. A. (2005). How do students really study (and does it matter). Education, 39, 323-340.
Gurung, R. A., Weidert, J., & Jeske, A. (2010). Focusing on how students study. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 28-35.
Halili, H. S., Naimie, Z., Sira, S., AhmedAbuzaid, R., & Leng, C. H. (2015). Exploring the link between learning styles and gender among distance learners. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 237, 1082-1086. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.238
Hasan, A. R., Zahra, K. (2009). Students' familiarity with reading methods: A literature review. Ketab-e Mah-e Kolliyat,12 (11), 70-3.
Heller, M. L., & Cassady J. C. (2016). Predicting Community College and University Student Success. J College Student Retent Res Theory Pract, 18(4), 431-56. doi: 10.1177/1521025115611130.
Holzer, M. L., Madaus, J. W., Bray, M. A., & Kehle, T. J. (2009). The test-taking strategy intervention for college students with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 24(1), 44-56.
Hou. Y. (2015). Raising self-awareness of learning styles: From a gender difference perspective. International Journal of Learner Diversity & Identities, 21(3/4), 1-10.
Islam, J., Rahman, A., & Boland, G. (2011). Nexus of learning style with satisfaction and success of accounting students: A crosscultural study at an Australian university. International Journal of Learning and Change, 5(3/4), 288-304. http://doi.org/10.1504/ IJLC.2011.045066
Kitsantas, A. (2002). Test preparation and performance: A self-regulatory analysis. The Journal of Experimental Education, 70 (2), 101-113.
Lau, W. W., & Yuen, A. H. (2010). Gender differences in learning styles: Nurturing a gender and style sensitive computer science classroom. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26(7),1090-1103.
Levin, B. (2000). Putting students at the centre in education reform. Journal of Educational Change, 1(2), 155- 172. http://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010024225888
Linnenbrink, E. A., & Pintrich, P. R. (2002). Motivation as an enabler for academic success. School Psychology Review, 31(3), 313-327.
Mehdinezhad, V., & Esmaeeli, R. (2015). Students' approaches to learning superficial, strategic and deep. Educ Strategy Med Sci, 8(2), 83-9.
Meyer, L. H., Davidson, S., McKenzie, L., Rees, M., Anderson, H., Fletcher, R., & Johnston, P. M. (2010). An investigation of tertiary assessment policy and practice: Alignment and contradictions. Higher Education Quarterly, 64(3), 331-350. http://doi.org/10.1111/ j.1468- 2273.2010.00459.x
Naimie, Z., Siraj, S., Abuzaid, R. A., & Shagholi, R. (2010). Hypothesized learners: Technology preferences based on learning style dimensions. The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 9(4), 83-92.
Ng, P., Pinto, J., Williams, J., & Williams, S. K. (2011). The effects of learning styles on course performance: A quantile regression analysis. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal, 15(1), 15-37.
O'Donovan, B. (2016). How student beliefs about knowledge and knowing influence their satisfaction with assessment and feedback. Higher Education, 74(4), 617- 633. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-016- 0068-y
Porter, S. R. (2004). Raising response rates: What works?. New directions for institutional research, 2004(121), 5-21.
Roese, N. J., & Sherman, J. W. (2007). Expectancy. In A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles (91-115). Guilford Press.
Schaap, L., Schmidt, H. G., & Verkoeijen, P. P. (2012). Assessing knowledge growth in a psychology curriculum: which students improve most?.Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 37(7), 875-887.
Smith, L. (2002). The effects of confidence and percepiton of test-taking skills on performance. North American Journal of Psychology, 4(1), 37-50.
Soltanalgharaei, K. H. (2014). Relationship of study skills and exam preparation method in master students. Educ Strateg Med Sci, 7(1), 51-6.
Struyven, K., Dochy, F., & Janssens, S. (2005). Students' perceptions about evaluation and assessment in higher education: A review. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 30(4), 325-340. http://doi.org/10.1080/02602930500099102
Svensson, G., & Wood, G. (2007). Are university students really customers? When illusion may lead to delusion for all. International Journal of Educational Management, 21, 17-28.
Thibodeaux, J., Deutsch, A., Kitsantas, A., & Winsler, A. (2017). First-year college students' time use: Relations with selfregulation and GPA. Journal of Advanced Academics, 28(1), 5-27. http://doi.org/ 10.1177/1932202x16676860.
Tsai, C. Y., Li, Y. Y., & Cheng, Y. Y. (2017). The relationships among adult affective factors, engagement in science, and scientific competencies. Adult Education Quarterly, 67(1), 30-47. http://doi.org/10.1177/0741713616673148.
Van de Watering, G., & Van de Rijt, J. (2006). Teachers' and students' perceptions of assessment: A review and a study into the ability and accuracy of estimating the difficulty levels of assessment items. Educational Research Review, 1, 133-147. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2006.05.001
Viljoen, C. C. (2012). First-year students' intention to stay: engagement and psychological conditions (Doctoral dissertation, North-West University).
Waldrip, B. G., Fisher, D. L., & Dorman, J. P. (2008). Students' perceptions of assessment process: questionnaire. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Science, Mathematics and Technology Education (561-568). Curtin University of Technology.
Wang, X., & Cheng, L. (2010). Chinese EFL students' perceptions of the classroom assessment environment and their goal orientations. In L. Cheng & A. Curtis (Eds.), English language assessment and the Chinese learner (pp. 202-218). Routledge.
Wicking, P. (2020). Formative assessment of students from a Confucian heritage culture: Insights from Japan. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 45(2), 180- 192. http://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2019.1616 672
Williams, S. B., Rudyk B. P., & Dunning, D. (2004). Scoring and interpretation guide: Exam preparation inventory. Edmonton, Canada: Psychometrics Publishing.
Zimbardo, P. G., Weber, A. L., & Johnson, R. L. (2009). Sensation and perception. In S. Frail, J. Swasey, D. Hanlon, & A. Pickard (Eds.), Psychology core concepts (287- 333). Boston, MA: Pearson Education.