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Arora, Puneet; Wright, Nicholas – Education Economics, 2022
Academic feedback has a direct impact on students' effort decisions and academic performance. However, the grades that are reported to students are often based on institutional or instructor preferences, with entities adopting a discrete or fine grading scale. In this study, we utilize a field experiment to assess how a Letter (LGS) or Numerical…
Descriptors: Grading, Alphabets, Numbers, Gender Differences
Khan, Zebun Nisa – Online Submission, 2016
The present study was undertaken with the objectives to find out the impact of Socio-economic Status as well as sex differences on study habits of class VII students (100) of Government Colleges of Amroha District. The effects of two independent variables on study habits of the aforementioned students were assessed by using two Psychological tests…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Socioeconomic Influences, Gender Differences, College Students
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Singh, Shashi; Singh, Ajay; Singh, Kiran – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Motivation plays a crucial role in learning. Motivation energizes the behavior of the individual. It also directs the behavior towards specific goals. It helps students acquire knowledge, develop social qualities, increase initiation, persist in activities, improve performance, and develop a sense of discipline. This paper aims to compare the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Incentives, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
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Villi, C. – Indian Journal of Open Learning, 1999
Examines the following study habits of postgraduate students who learn under the distance-education system of Madras University: learning patterns at home; kind of participation during the semester; learning habits before the examination; ways they answer during the examination; reasons for studying by distance education; and reasons for joining…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Nontraditional Education