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Direct linkGoldman, Jacqueline; Heddy, Benjamin C.; Cavazos, Jenel – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Background: First-generation (FG) college students have been a popular subpopulation to study within educational literature as these students experience many unique challenges in their academic careers causing them to drop out within their first year. This gives courses with high first-time freshman numbers such as introductory psychology courses…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Freshmen, Introductory Courses, Psychology
Peck, Andrew C.; Ali, Rahan S.; Matchock, Robert L.; Levine, Max E. – Teaching of Psychology, 2006
Conventional wisdom is that some topics in introductory psychology are more difficult for students than others. Such wisdom seems reasonable given mismatches between students' and instructors' expectations and variations in both instructor expertise and student motivation across topical areas. Five instructors pooled students' exam performance…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Psychology, Academic Achievement, Scores
Peer reviewedGraham, Robert B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1999
Explores the impact of unannounced quizzes on students' performance on examinations by comparing course segments with quizzes to segments without quizzes. Finds that test scores following quizzes averaged half a letter grade higher than scores from segments without quizzes; C students demonstrated a grade gain of 84% of a letter grade. (CMK)
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Psychology
