The relationship of students’ individual personality traits and their success in examinations conducted in computerized and traditional forms [Full text]

Abstract

The relationships of students’ individual personality traits (assessed with 16PF and MMPI) and examination anxiety and academic success in examinations conducted in innovative (computerized testing) and traditional (oral and written examination) forms are analyzed based on state examinations held by M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University psychological faculty. Different assessment methods psychological particularity that creates favorable conditions for certain students and additional difficulties for the others is discussed. Computerized testing is shown to be a more relaxed examination form for those students who are less stress-resistant and self-confident while a traditional examination form is shown to give advantages to active, sociable and self-confident students. The trends identified are interpreted in terms of knowledge control and particularity of specific examinations conducting.