Attitudes towards objective testing: a cross-cultural perspective
- 1 September 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Accounting Education
- Vol. 2 (3), 201-209
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09639289300000028
Abstract
The present study investigated overseas and Australian students' attitudes towards objective testing and written examinations. Two hundred and ninety-three Bachelor of Business first-year students were surveyed after they had sat both traditional and objective mid-semester examinations. Significant differences between South East Asian and Australian students' attitudes were found. These findings have important implication for tertiary assessment procedures – particularly in light of the increasing numbers of full-fee paying overseas students entering Australian universities.Keywords
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