Environmental Context and Student Performance
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student performance, test performance, testing environment, university students, educational assessmentAbstract
Two sets of data were collected to assess the effects of having different environmental contexts for teaching and testing. There was a negligible effect on test performance when teaching and test rooms were minimally different. There was, however, a significant decrement in test performance when teaching and test rooms were substantially different. Implications for further study and applications in educational situations were noted.
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