EMOTIONS DURING TESTING OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES OF PUPILS

This paper examines the changes in pupils' emotions during their work on tests of intellectual abilities. Tests of intellectual abilities KI-4i NPN were applied on a sample of 503 eight grade pupils of elementary school. Pupils 'emotions were evaluated through finishing of two unfinished sentences which were an integral part of the lest materials. Evaluated emotions were analyzed using Pekrun's two-dimensional system of classification of emotions during intellectual work, differences between emotional states before and after the testing of intellectual abilities were compared, as well as differences in emotions of pupils of different intellectual status. Results show that before the testing three quarters of pupils report on positive emotions, while after the testing that changes into little less than a half of pupils. This change is possible effect of the testing itself.