This paper suggests that, for introductory students, cumulative finals lead to better retention.
http://www.alumni.creighton.edu/s/1250/images/editor_documents/email_attachments/student_learning.pdf M ___________________________________________________________________________ Miguel Roig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology St. John's University 300 Howard Avenue Staten Island, New York 10301 Voice: (718) 390-4513 Fax: (718) 390-4347 E-mail: [email protected] http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-5651 On plagiarism and ethical writing: http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/products/plagiarism/ ___________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________ From: Annette Taylor [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 4:23 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] cumulative finals This issue came up in a faculty meeting today... is there or is there not some "evidence" for the value of cumulative final exams for learning? There seems to be a bit of disagreement about this. I have no references to cite specifically one way or the other. If anyone has some, please send them to me, and I can summarize and post to list. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c12d&n=T&l=tips&o=47882 or send a blank email to leave-47882-1632838.7e62b84813297f170a6fc240dab8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=47883 or send a blank email to leave-47883-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
