Re: Make-up tests (really)

As a good friend of Irv's, I sent him a copy of Beth's email. Here is his response: Jeff, My research on makeup examinations was published in Psychological Reports in 1995 (Comparison of Scores on Regularly Scheduled Examinations and Makeup Examinations), 76, 771-774 and 2000 (Students'

Re: Make-up tests

I allow my students in General Psych. to miss up to 2 regular exams (out of 5) for whatever reason and they can then take them as make-ups during the week of final. So, I went back to my grade book and looked at four recent sections of General Psych. I took the final grades of all students who

RE: Make-up tests

PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp From: Miguel Roig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 3:27 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Re: Make-up tests I allow my students in General Psych. to miss up to 2

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I am not familiar with the research saying they don't do better on makeup exams. I give make-ups for all chapter exams (on 2-3 chapters each). In my experience, some students do no better or, rarely, they do worse,but most do improve, withsome doing dramatically better, up to 20 points

Make-up tests

Dear Colleagues, A former student of mine tells me that I once told him there is research showing that students tend to do worse on make-up tests than on the original tests. Although this has been my experience, no exact (or even vague) research report comes to mind. Can anyone out there help

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Hampshire on 5/25/05 2:32 PM, Christopher D. Green at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Colleagues, A former student of mine tells me that I once told him there is research showing that students tend to do worse on make-up tests than on the original tests. Although this has been my experience, no exact

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Title: Re: Make-up tests In a message dated 5/25/2005 1:08:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Beth Benoit Granite State College (our new name!) Portsmouth, New Hampshire Congratulations Beth. Now we can all take you for granite. Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College So

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Title: Re: Make-up tests Paul Brandon wrote: In a message dated 5/25/2005 1:08:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Beth Benoit Granite State College (our new name!) Portsmouth, New Hampshire Congratulations Beth. Now we can all take you for granite

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Re: Make-up tests (really)

The poster was presented at the EPA in Boston in 1995, and was entitled The influence of makeup examinations and class size on test scores, quiz scores and attendance The presenter was Irwin Kahn, from Ferris State University. Here's the description: Little research exists on makeup