ERIC Number: EJ1142349
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Apr
Pages: 8
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ISSN: EISSN-1527-9316
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Registration Delay and Student Performance
Siefken, Jason
Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v17 n2 p45-52 Apr 2017
Tracking the difference between the time a first-year student is allowed to register for a course and the time he or she does register for a course (a student's registration delay), we notice a negative correlation between registration delay and final grade in a course. The difference between a student who registers within the first two minutes they are allowed to and one who waits three weeks to register is approximately a full GPA point (on a 9 point scale). Registration delay may be a useful factor in helping to identify at-risk students, and should be taken into account as a confounding variable when doing educational studies on multi-section courses.
Descriptors: School Registration, Course Selection (Students), Time Perspective, Correlation, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, At Risk Students, Student Records, Statistical Analysis, Intervals, Student Reaction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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