The aim of the present research is to identify the test wisdom and the engagement with learning and psychological tension among postgraduate students at the University of Samarra according to the variables of the department, gender, age, and whether students are employee or non-employee. The study also attempts to identify the relationship between the test wisdom and the engagement with learning and psychological tension. The research sample consisted of (75) postgraduate students randomly selected from college of Education. The researcher applied the test–wisdom of (Mellman & Ebel) and the scale of engagement with learning preparation by (Al-zaabi 2013). In addition, the researcher used the list of the psychological stress of (Abu Assaad 2011). For processing data, frequencies, averages, standard deviations, T. test, Pearson correlation coefficient, analysis of the mono-variance, the coefficient of Schiffe and correlation coefficient (Kendalls tau_b) were used.
The research results revealed that the study sample has a good level of test wisdom with differences of statistical significance according to the variable of the department in favor of the students of the Department of Arabic language. However, there were no statistically significant differences in sense of students’ gender, age and employee or non-employee students. The study sample was characterized by an average level of learning involvement, with no significant statistical differences according to the department variable, gender, age, and employee or non-employee variable. The research sample revealed also a low level of psychological tension with no statistically significant differences according to the department variable, gender, age, and employee or non-employee variable. There is no a significant correlation between the test wisdom of all its strategies and the engagement with learning and psychological tension.
