At 3:17 PM -0500 11/3/99, Robert Herdegen wrote:
>TIPSters:
>
>I have a student who is working on a research project looking at the
>academic performance of athletes in-season and out-of-season. One facet
>of his work is concerned with how realistic the student-athletes are in
>their perceptions of their academic performance in- and out-of-season.
>Often we hear students say that they do better in-season because the
>demanding schedule of practices and games forces them to better budget
>their time, and that when the season is over and the demands on their time
>are less, they waste more time and do worse. My student's question is
>whether this is true, or whether they only think they do better when
>actually they do worse.
I'm not familiar with the literature, but one thing to watch for would be
whether studies can distinguish between inaccurate _perception_ and the
greater motivation to report satisfactory progress (and maintain
eligibility) in season.
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