Introductory psychology is a course that covers an extensive amount of content and often has a larger enrollment at universities that include it in their general education requirements, which can cause it to be a challenging course for many students (Homa, Teaching of Psychology, 2013, 40, p. 169). Research indicates that students need to engage in effective test-taking strategies and assess their deficiencies to be successful on exams (Fleming, Teaching of Psychology, 2002, 29, p. 115). One potential solution for overcoming these challenges, examined in the proposed article, is for instructors of introductory psychology to collaborate with cocurricular resources such as academic support services to provide individualized exam wrapper activities. The current study explores an example of this type of pedagogy, a technique referred to as Reflective Exam Analysis (REA). Participants in the archival data set included 895 university students who had taken introductory psychology over the last 3 years. The data compared students that participated in the REA intervention to those that did not. Four chi-squared tests of independence were conducted to compare proportions of student gains/losses from each exam to the next exam from within the introductory psychology course-comparing students who participated in the REA intervention to those that did not. Three of the tests demonstrated statistically significant differences. Results indicate students who took part in the REA intervention had significantly greater gains on exam scores than nonparticipants. These findings are discussed in terms of how this model could be utilized across large enrollment courses including other sections of introductory psychology or other discipline areas at various institutions to support student success.
Family communication patterns theory (FCP) was first introduced by McLeod and Chaffee (1972), was later adapted in 1990 by Ritchie and Fitzpatrick, and was formally articulated by Koerner and Fitzpatrick in 2002. The theory is primarily used by communication studies scholars interested in how a family’s communication environment predicts a variety of outcomes. FCP suggests that families communicate in fairly predictable ways that get reinforced through the process of social learning (see Kunkel, Hummert, & Dennis, 2008).
As we become increasingly acquainted with the rich opportunities that analytics systems can provide, there is a commensurate need to consider the extent to which analytics tools are effectively integrated, with proper training, into the day‐to‐day functioning of higher education professionals. This chapter explores the extent to which predictive analytics can be properly scaffolded using robust cognitive ergonomics—mental frameworks of ethical and appropriate use—to support successful deployment of analytics in higher education.
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