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Direct linkRoss, Matthew M.; Wright, A. Michelle – Journal of Education for Business, 2022
We use Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) analysis to construct a three-question math quiz to assess key skills needed for introductory finance. We begin with data collected from a ten-question criterion-referenced math quiz given to 314 undergraduates on the first day of class. MCMC indicates the top three questions for predicting overall course…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Markov Processes, Monte Carlo Methods, Introductory Courses
Miller, Laurie A.; Asarta, Carlos J.; Schmidt, James R. – Journal of Education for Business, 2019
The authors examine effects on student performance, from applying different deadline strategies to online assignments in face-to-face principles of macroeconomics courses. Students in one section were required to complete weekly adaptive learning assignments. Students in the second section were required to complete the adaptive assignments only…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Academic Achievement, Assignments, Time Management
Download full textFerrandino, Joseph A. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
This article details what resulted when I re-designed my undergraduate statistics course to allow failure as a learning strategy and focused on achievement rather than performance. A variety of within and between sample t-tests are utilized to determine the impact of unlimited test and quiz opportunities on student learning on both quizzes and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Statistics, Instructional Design
