Test taking, however, does involve a number of skills that might be
considered at least partially independent of study skills. There are
also test-taking attitudes that are involved.
A relatively old construct known as test-wiseness probably fits the bill here and there is a considerable body of literature on it. A brief search in Psych Lit revealed over 90 hits on the subject. Apparently, there is even a measure of test-wiseness.
I remember that when I was involved in employment testing many years ago, there was a consultant who worked in my group who claimed to have taken promotional and certification tests across a variety of disciplines and have passed many of those tests, in part by applying his 'test-wiseness' skills.
With respect to those students who claim to be poor test-takers (and I too don't particularly care for that type of attitude/belief in my students), my bet would be that those who score low on test wiseness tend to also have poorer study skills and/or to simply not be very motivated to learn the material.
Miguel
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Notre Dame Division of St. John's College
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