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THIS STUDY INVESTIGATES THE ROLE OF STRATEGIC EXPLORATION AND DIFFERENT PROBLEM-SOLVING AND TEST-TAKING BEHAVIORS IN CPS SUCCESS, USING LOGFILE DATA TO VISUALIZE AND QUANTIFY STUDENTS\u2019 PROBLEMSOLVING BEHAVIOR ON 10 CPS PROBLEMS WITH DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS AND LEVELS OF DIFFICULTY. ADDITIONALLY, IN THE PRESENT STUDY, WE GO BEYOND THE LIMITS OF MOST STUDIES THAT FOCUS ON STUDENTS\u2019 PROBLEM-SOLVING BEHAVIOR PATTERN ANALYSES IN EUROPEAN CULTURES AND EDUCATION SYSTEMS TO EXAMINE ARABIC STUDENTS\u2019 CPS BEHAVIOR. THE RESULTS SHOW THAT COMPUTER-BASED ASSESSMENTS OF CPS ARE FEASIBLE AND VALID IN JORDANIAN HIGHER EDUCATION. THE FINDINGS ALSO CONFIRM THE STRUCTURAL VALIDITY OF CPS, INDICATING THAT THE PROCESSES OF KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION (KAC) AND KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION (KAP) CAN BE DISTINGUISHED AND SEPARATED IN THE PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS. LARGE DIFFERENCES WERE IDENTIFIED IN STUDENTS\u2019 TEST-TAKING BEHAVIOR IN TERMS OF THE EFFICACY OF THEIR EXPLORATION STRATEGY. WE IDENTIFIED FOUR LATENT CLASSES BASED ON THE STUDENTS\u2019 EXPLORATION STRATEGY BEHAVIOR. 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