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McManus, Richard – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2016
Students on a first year undergraduate economics module were given the choice of when to sit their first assessment in the subject in order to determine both preferences over assessment timing, and the impact of timing on performance. Clear preferences of having this option were shown (only 2% of students stated to be indifferent) with those more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Student Evaluation, Scheduling
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Van Scyoc, Lee J.; Gleason, Joyce – Journal of Economic Education, 1993
Reports on college-level microeconomic classes to compare learning in short-term intensive course with traditional semester-length course. Found students in three-week courses performed better on achievement tests than those in traditional semester courses but this advantage disappeared when knowledge retention was measured. Raises policy…
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Strategies, Higher Education