Retest Effect on Cognitive Performance on the Raven-38 Matrices in France and in the Congo
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Raven's Standard Matrices were administered three times to students in their sixth year of schooling in France and in the Congo. When self-paced, 63 French and 88 Congolese students progressed moderately from Tests 1 to 2 and made no progress from Sessions 2 to 3. When timed, the French and Congolese subjects progressed rapidly from Sessions 1 to 2 (with a sharper progression by the French subjects) but only the Congolese progressed from Sessions 2 to 3. A simple retest procedure emerges as a poor candidate for correcting biases based on imbalances in familiarity with problem situations and the test situation in cross-cultural comparisons. It is suggested that dynamic evaluation procedures could reduce these biases.
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In a study comparing French children with those from the Congo, the test situation was much more familiar to the French students given their exposure to tests of knowledge in school.
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- Authors
- Nkaya, H. N., Huteau, M., & Bonnet, J.-P.
- Affiliations
- Université de Brazzaville
- Institut National d'Etude du Travail et, d'Orientation Professionnelle, Paris
- Venue
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1994-04
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 503-510
- ISSN
- 0031-5125 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-688X
- OpenAlex
- W2075287904
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 2 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Perceptual and Motor Skills (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices, retest effects, cognitive performance, cross-cultural comparison, test familiarity, test situations, dynamic assessment, intelligence testing
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