Inquiring about Examinees' Ethnicity and Sex: Effects on AP® Calculus AB Examination Performance. Report No. 98-1. ETS RR No. 98-5

Autor/in	Stricker, Lawrence J.
Institution	College Entrance Examination Board; Educational Testing Service
Titel	Inquiring about Examinees' Ethnicity and Sex: Effects on AP® Calculus AB Examination Performance. Report No. 98-1. ETS RR No. 98-5
Quelle	(1998), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Ethnic Groups; Test Items; Problem Solving; Ethnic Stereotypes; Test Bias; Social Influences; Cognitive Ability; African Americans; Gender Differences; Advanced Placement Programs; Calculus; High School Students; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Comparative Analysis; Correlation; Scores; Statistical Analysis; Racial Differences; Advanced Placement Examinations (CEEB) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Ethnie; Test content; Testaufgabe; Problemlösen; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Testkritik; Sozialer Einfluss; Denkfähigkeit; Afroamerikaner; Geschlechterkonflikt; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	Steele and Aronson (1995) found that the performance of African-American subjects on test items portrayed as a problem-solving task, in a laboratory experiment, was adversely affected when they were asked about their ethnicity. This outcome was attributed to "stereotype threat". Performance was disrupted by the subjects' concerns about fulfilling the negative stereotype concerning African Americans' intellectual ability. Extending that research, this field experiment evaluated the effects of inquiring about ethnicity and sex on the performance of examinees taking the Advanced Placement Program Calculus AB Examination in an actual test administration. With a minor exception, this inquiry had no statistically and practically significant effects on the test performance of African-American, female, or other subgroups of examinees. Answer sheets are appended. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01