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Comparison between Student Desired Grades and Actual Final Grades in Undergraduate Human Anatomy
Author(s) -
Dunham Stacey
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.956.2
Subject(s) - coursework , medical education , mathematics education , human anatomy , psychology , medicine , anatomy
Anat A215, Basic Human Anatomy, is a large enrollment (400+) lecture/lab course offered each fall and spring semester at Indiana University. Each semester students complete a short survey in which they indicate name, major, standing in school, previous anatomy coursework, and the lowest grade they would want for the course. In this retrospective study the information provided by students in these surveys was compared to their final course grade earned in Anat A215, as recorded in the instructor grade files. The first goal of this study was to identify how accurately students are predicting their own grades. Second, this study intended to identify any associations between ability to accurately predict course grades and the variables included in the survey, including demographic information and students’ reported desired grade and corresponding rationale for earning that grade (to maintain GPA, to raise GPA, to get into specific undergraduate or graduate programs). Results show that of 350 students, 40% scored lower than their stated “lowest” desired grade. Further analysis will look for trends impacting both successful and failing grade predictions by students. Grant Funding Source : None