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Changes in Examination Practices Reduce Procrastination in University Students
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Schmidt, Henk G.; Baars, Gerard J. A.; Hermus, Peter; van der Molen, Henk T.; Arnold, Ivo J. M.; Smeets, Guus – European Journal of Higher Education, 2022
The purpose of the study reported here was to observe the effects of examination practices on the extent to which university students procrastinate. These examination practices were: (1) limiting the number of resits, (2) compensatory rather than conjunctive decision-making about student progress, and (3) restricting the time available for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Study Habits, Decision Making, Undergraduate Students
Grade Dropping, Strategic Behavior, and Student "Satisficing"
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Hadsell, Lester; MacDermott, Raymond – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
An extensive database of exam scores is studied to determine the effects of a grading policy that drops the lowest exam score. We find evidence that some students engage in strategic behavior, either by understudying for one of the exams or missing one altogether, but the vast majority of students show no evidence of strategic behavior. We also…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Tests, Scores, Grades (Scholastic)