The Effects of "Game" and "Test" Instructions on the WISC-R Performance of High- and Low-Test-Anxious Children

• Main Author: Martin, Laura Paige
• Other Authors: Martin, Sander, 1939-
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 1989
• Subjects: intelligence tests; test anxiety; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.; Test anxiety.; Slow learning children > Examinations.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500228/

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of "game" and "test" instructions on the intelligence test performance of high- and low-test-anxious children. Eighty-one subjects diagnosed as learning disabled were given the Test Anxiety Scale for Children (TASC) to determine their level of test anxiety. Based on TASC scores, 44 subjects were classified as either fljgj- or low- test-anxious. These subjects were given the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) using either game or test instructions to introduce the test. The resulting 10 and subtest configuration scores were used to compare high- and low-test-anxious subjects by the type of instructions they received prior to testing. This comparison yielded no significant differences between high and low-test-anxious subjects, indicating that the way the WISC-R is Introduced does not play a significant role in the WISC-R performance of high- and low-test-anxious children.