Faculty members are frequently unaware of how students perceive their teaching. They also may have misconceptions of what students perceive as good teaching. For example, research indicates that students want more equality and respect from professors, whereas faculty members frequently believe that students want them to control the classroom, to…

Although gender differences are fairly consistent when men and women report their general confidence, much less is known about the existence of such differences when subjects are asked to assess the degree of confidence they have in their ability to answer any particular test or exam question. The objective of this research was to investigate…

This report presents national normative data on the major trends and characteristics of 1.6 million students attending American colleges and universities as first-time, full-time freshmen. The normative data are reported separately for men and for women and for 35 different institutional groupings. Among the findings are the following: (1) student…