The utilisation of test-taking strategies among female students in a tertiary institution
This article reports a study on test-taking strategies utilized by low and high proficiency female participants in an open-ended reading comprehension test. Based on purposive sampling, 10 students were selected from one tertiary institution. The study seeks to explore the test-taking strategies...
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| author | Asiah Jamil, Mohd Sallehhudin Abd. Aziz, Norizan Abdul Razak, |
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| description | This article reports a study on test-taking strategies utilized by low and high proficiency
female participants in an open-ended reading comprehension test. Based on purposive
sampling, 10 students were selected from one tertiary institution. The study seeks to
explore the test-taking strategies employed by female students of two levels of
proficiency. Verbal reports from these participants were obtained via the retrospective
protocol and playback sessions. The data provided information on participants’ thinking
process and revealed how they arrived at their answers and the reasons for their choice of
answers. The data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed qualitatively whereby patterns
of strategies were identified and categorized. On the whole the results showed both levels
employed almost the same total number of strategies, 24 and 22 for the high and low
proficiency participants respectively. The conclusions were drawn upon the results of the
data provided by limited number of participants and thus thrust aside the claim of
representativeness in terms of test-taking strategy studies. However, the study allows a
peek on the types of test-taking strategies utilized by students in the study which may
also be employed by students in general. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:23392016-12-14T06:31:20Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2339/ The utilisation of test-taking strategies among female students in a tertiary institution Asiah Jamil, Mohd Sallehhudin Abd. Aziz, Norizan Abdul Razak, This article reports a study on test-taking strategies utilized by low and high proficiency female participants in an open-ended reading comprehension test. Based on purposive sampling, 10 students were selected from one tertiary institution. The study seeks to explore the test-taking strategies employed by female students of two levels of proficiency. Verbal reports from these participants were obtained via the retrospective protocol and playback sessions. The data provided information on participants’ thinking process and revealed how they arrived at their answers and the reasons for their choice of answers. The data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed qualitatively whereby patterns of strategies were identified and categorized. On the whole the results showed both levels employed almost the same total number of strategies, 24 and 22 for the high and low proficiency participants respectively. The conclusions were drawn upon the results of the data provided by limited number of participants and thus thrust aside the claim of representativeness in terms of test-taking strategy studies. However, the study allows a peek on the types of test-taking strategies utilized by students in the study which may also be employed by students in general. Penerbit UKM 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2339/1/page1_21.pdf Asiah Jamil, and Mohd Sallehhudin Abd. Aziz, and Norizan Abdul Razak, (2010) The utilisation of test-taking strategies among female students in a tertiary institution. GEMA: Online Journal of Language Studies, 10 (3). pp. 105-125. ISSN 1675-8021 http://www.ukm.my/ppbl/Gema/GEMA%20vol%2010%20%283%29%202010/pp%20105_125.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Asiah Jamil, Mohd Sallehhudin Abd. Aziz, Norizan Abdul Razak, The utilisation of test-taking strategies among female students in a tertiary institution |
| title | The utilisation of test-taking strategies among female students in a tertiary institution |
| title_full | The utilisation of test-taking strategies among female students in a tertiary institution |
| title_fullStr | The utilisation of test-taking strategies among female students in a tertiary institution |
| title_full_unstemmed | The utilisation of test-taking strategies among female students in a tertiary institution |
| title_short | The utilisation of test-taking strategies among female students in a tertiary institution |
| title_sort | utilisation of test-taking strategies among female students in a tertiary institution |
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