Students' Grades and Ratings of Perceived Effectiveness of Behaviors Influencing Academic Performance

摘要

We studied undergraduate psychology students' grades and their ratings of the helpfulness of behaviors related to good academic performance. On average students desired an AB (3.5 on a 4-point scale) and would have been satisfied with a B; 31% of students expressed satisfaction with a BC or lower. Overall, students averaged a BC final grade, a B in nonintroductory courses. In every course but introductory psychology, students earned the grade they find satisfactory. Students rated only 7 of 59 behaviors as helping earn desired grades to a great extent; all involved basic studying. Moreover, they did not rate many potentially useful behaviors highly.