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HOW WELL WILL COLLEGE STUDENTS DO ON AN EXAM IF IT IS NOT PART OF THEIR GRADE?

by Russell Eisenman, Ph.D. University of Texas-Pan American Department of Psychology Edinburg, TX 78539-2999

E-mail: [email removed]

This study looked at how well college students will do if they take an exam that either does or does not count toward their grade. Will students study and learn without the threat of the grade hanging over them?

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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) is a state agency with power to require things of public colleges in Texas. One of the things they require is that introductory college courses cover what they call exemplary areas of learning. And, students must be tested in these areas, with the grades reported to the THECB. Professors are allowed to choose the items to be tested, but they must cover, in the case of psychology, four exemplary areas of research methods, theories, alternative explanations and cultu...See More
veteran teacher On 4/08/14, Russell Eisenman, Ph.D. wrote: > HOW WELL WILL COLLEGE STUDENTS DO ON AN EXAM IF IT IS NOT > PART OF THEIR GRADE? > > by Russell Eisenman, Ph.D. > University of Texas-Pan American > Department of Psychology > Edinburg, TX 78539-2999 > > E-mail: [email removed]."

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Jul 29, 2014


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