Do Low Grades Cause College Students to Give Up?.

Thayer, Robert E.

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Publication Date: 1973

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Do Low Grades Cause College Students to Give Up?

Thayer, Robert E.

Journal of Experimental Education, 41, 3, 71-3, Spr 73

In the present study the effects on subsequent grades of low, average, and high first exam grades were investigated for 192 students in a traditional grading system and fifty-four students in a pass-fail grading system. (Author)

Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Dropout Attitudes, Grading, Low Achievement, Pass Fail Grading, Positive Reinforcement, Student Motivation, Tables (Data)

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