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Front Psychol. 2019 Jul 23;10:1533. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01533. eCollection 2019.

The Onset of Rapid-Guessing Behavior Over the Course of Testing Time: A Matter of Motivation and Cognitive Resources.

Frontiers in psychology

Marlit Annalena Lindner, Oliver Lüdtke, Gabriel Nagy

Affiliations

  1. IPN - Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, Kiel, Germany.
  2. Centre for International Student Assessment, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 31396120 PMCID: PMC6664071 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01533

Abstract

Digital tests make it possible to identify student effort by means of response times, specifically, unrealistically fast responses that are defined as rapid-guessing behavior (RGB). In this study, we used latent class and growth curve models to examine (1) how student characteristics (i.e., gender, school type, general cognitive abilities, and working-memory capacity) are related to the onset point of RGB and its development over the course of a test session (i.e., item positions). Further, we examined (2) the extent to which repeated ratings of task enjoyment (i.e., intercept and slope parameters) are related to the onset and the development of RGB over the course of the test. For this purpose, we analyzed data from

Keywords: item position effect; large-scale assessment (LSA); latent class analysis; low-stakes assessment; motivation; rapid-guessing behavior; test-taking effort

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