Article
A Comparison of Study Session Formats on Attendance and Quiz Performance in a College Course
Journal of Behavioral Education
(2007)
Abstract
We compared two formats for optional study sessions offered to students in a research methods course. Study sessions alternated between a game format (e.g., Behavioral Jeopardy) and a student-directed question and answer format, presented in counterbalanced order across different sections of the same course. The results of the alternating treatments design in Study 1 indicated that, despite improvements in quiz performance relative to baseline, there were no consistent differences between the two formats on attendance at the study sessions or on weekly quiz performance. Similar results were obtained in a systematic replication (Study 2) in which opportunities to respond to game questions were equated across study sessions.
Keywords
- College students,
- Game vs. question and answer study sessions,
- Study session format,
- Quiz performance
Disciplines
Publication Date
January, 2007
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-006-9037-3
Citation Information
Nancy A Neef, Traci Cihon, Tracy Kettering, Amanda Guld Fisher, et al.. "A Comparison of Study Session Formats on Attendance and Quiz Performance in a College Course" Journal of Behavioral Education Vol. 16 (2007) p. 235 - 249 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amanda-guld-fisher/7/