Students' Performance on Makeup Examinations and other Evaluations

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 747-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irwin Kahn

In two studies, one involving a lower-division psychology course and the other involving an upper-division psychology course, students who missed required examinations had lower test scores, quiz scores, comprehensive final test scores, and attendance than students who did not miss required examinations. In addition, students in the upper-division psychology course who missed required examinations had a lower mean makeup examination test score than on their required examination.

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-96
Author(s):  
Christiana Sidupa

The notion of applying ICT to support traditional learning approach (face-to-face learning) is obviously not new todays. This study aimed to seek the significant difference between the mid test and final test scores of students’ English listening and reading skills. Mid test score represents face-to-face learning approach applied from first meeting whereas final test score represents blended learning approach employed after the mid test. The method used in this study was quantitative.  A random selection of samples was carried out involving 133 first year undergraduates in Jakarta pursuing English as a compulsory course.  Data collection technique used mid and final tests of two English skills: listening and reading. This study revealed that there was a significant difference between the mid test and the post test scores.  


1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Tichenor

The present study involves examination of self-monitoring and self-reinforcement of studying to partial out the relative contributions of self-monitoring and self-reinforcement to change of behavior in number of minutes studied and test score. Undergraduate students were divided into groups and were asked to observe and record the number of minutes studied for an introductory psychology course. Reinforcers were points toward the student's course grade. It was predicted that study output would increase and thereby increase scores on course tests. After a 6-wk. experimental period, those students who self-reinforced in their natural environment significantly increased their study time. There was no significant difference between groups in test scores. These findings suggest self-reinforcement in a naturalistic context may increase time of study but not grades. The lack of relationship between time in study and test performance was discussed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienne M Lucas ◽  
Isaac M Mbiti

School choice systems designed to help disadvantaged groups might be hindered by information asymmetries. Kenyan elite secondary schools admit students from the entire country based on a national test score, district quotas, and stated school choices. We find even the highest ability students make school choice errors. Girls, students with lower test scores, and students from public and low quality schools are more likely to make such errors. Net of observable demographic characteristics, these errors are associated with a decrease in the probability that a student is admitted to an elite secondary school, relegating them to schools of lower quality.


2021 ◽  
pp. 016237372110014
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Hill ◽  
Daniel B. Jones

Teacher performance pay is often introduced with the goal of reducing gaps in test scores across groups, yet little is known about how well they achieve this aim. We ask, “Do test score-based teacher incentives impact the Black–White test score gap?” Using student–teacher matched data and a difference-in-differences approach in which the performance of a teacher’s students before and after the policy is compared, we find that performance pay increases the conditional Black–White gap. The effect is particularly evident when bonuses are large, consistent with a causal response to performance pay.


2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Nur Saadah Fitri Asih

Article content a research result about effectiveness of oral drill method to practice speaking ability of Japanese in elementary class.  This is an experiment research to Japanese course’s student in elementary class in BLCI (British Language Course of Indonesia) Bandung at 2006 year.  Experiment research is according to the condition of learning Japanese to the experiment class with oral drill method, in the other hand to the experiment class in using another method which is eklektik method that combine translating method and grammar method. Research data was got from result of the final test from the experiment class an control class.  From the process result and analize data can be know that the average score of the student’s speaking ability in experiment class is bigger than the average score of the student’s speaking ability in control class.  


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1163
Author(s):  
Sundaram Kartikeyan ◽  
Aniruddha A. Malgaonkar

Background: This complete-enumeration, before-and-after type of study (without controls) was conducted on 61 third-year medical students at Rajiv Gandhi Medical College, Thane, Maharashtra state to study the difference in cognitive domain scores after attending lecture-based learning (by a pre-test) and after attending case-based learning (by a post-test).Methods: After approval from the institutional ethics committee, the purpose of the study was explained to third-year medical students and written informed consent was obtained. After curriculum-based lectures on integrated management of neonatal and childhood Illness, a pre-test was administered wherein each student was asked to fill up case sheets for five case scenarios. The maximum marks obtainable were 10 marks per case (total 50 marks).  Case-based learning was conducted in two sub-groups comprising 31 and 30 randomly assigned students by the same faculty and students in each sub-group were exposed to identical case scenarios. The post-test was conducted using case scenarios and case sheets that were identical to that of the pre-test.Results: The overall mean score increased and the difference between the case-wise pre-test and post-test scores of both female (n=35) and male (n=26) students was highly significant (p <0.00001). However, the gender differences in pre-test score (Z=1.038; p=0.299) and post-test score were not significant (Z=0.114; p=0.909).Conclusions: Using case scenarios augmented the cognitive domain scores of participating students and the gender differences in scores were not statistically significant. The post-test scores showed higher variability. Remedial educational interventions would be required for students who obtained low scores in the post-test.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Hanh ◽  
Nguyen Tien Long ◽  
Nguyen Thi Duyen ◽  
Phan Thi Thanh Canh ◽  
Nguyen Thanh Long ◽  
...  

While ethics instruction is now widespread, studies are still looking for different ways to integrate ethics in engineering programs. In this article, we propose a novel approach by teaching engineering ethics through a psychology course. Starting with the relevant literature studies, we have argued that the phenomeno-logical experience of ethics is a source to explain psychological truths, while en-gineering ethics can be better taught from psychological / behavioral perspectives. A pedagogical approach of experiential learning has been applied to integrate engineering ethics into the psychology course. The empirical study with 400 stu-dents in psychology courses show that teaching engineering ethics through a psychology course has a significant effect on improving the knowledge of engi-neering ethics for students. The relationship between the two pre- and post-test scores was a strong positive linear relationship. A regression equation with a slope of a straight line of 0.57 and a constant of 1.52 has been provided to predict the improvement of post-test scores through pre-test scores. This study proposes the formation of a "psychology and ethics" module in technical schools.


Author(s):  
Sarah Tisel ◽  
Abigail Rieman ◽  
Matthew Hodges ◽  
Kelly Gwathmey

Objective: To create a stroke education video and study its impact in stroke clinic with regards to patient satisfaction and knowledge acquisition. Background: Excellent medical care includes providing patient education, but most clinics do not emphasize this. We are exploring the use of video education in the stroke clinic, as this patient population may particularly benefit from secondary stroke prevention teaching. Methods: Ischemic stroke patients coming for routine hospital follow-up were enrolled and randomized to either watch an educational stroke video or receive standard care. Patients were stratified by education level, with one group having completed high school or less, and the other having completed any post high school training. Both groups took a pre- and post-visit knowledge test as well as a post-visit satisfaction survey. We hypothesized that knowledge acquisition, judged by improvement in test score, and satisfaction scores would both be greater in the video group. Test scores were expected to positively correlate with satisfaction. Results: Forty patients were enrolled to date. Preliminary data demonstrated patients were positive (n=15) or neutral (n=5) about the video. Both groups were highly satisfied with their visit, and a two-tailed t-test demonstrated no difference in satisfaction between groups (p=0.89). A linear regression showed a trend for the highly educated patients in the video group having improved test scores after the visit (p=0.069). Further enrollment of patients is needed to better assess this. In both groups, there was a correlation between post-test scores and satisfaction scores (R=0.37, p=0.03). Conclusions: Based on this preliminary data, stroke patients enjoy video education in clinic. However, as patients in both groups were highly satisfied, it remains unclear whether video education increases overall satisfaction. Highly educated patients may bennefit from video education, but further enrollment will clarify this. A positive correlation between post-visit test score and satisfaction indicates that clinics should prioritize patient education.


1985 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 326-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Rosenbaum ◽  
Donald B. Rubin

The Department of Education’s table “State Education Statistics” reports mean test scores by state and mean resource inputs by state. The means are calculated from quite different groups of students, a process we call inconsistent aggregation. We investigate the bias in regression coefficients caused by inconsistent aggregation, first using theoretical calculations, and then by artificially aggregating data from the High School and Beyond sample.


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