Following instructions on a final examination: an informal look

Psychol Rep. 2005 Apr;96(2):374-6. doi: 10.2466/pr0.96.2.374-376.

Abstract

Of a total of 914 undergraduate college students over 5 years 600 (about 66%) were in full compliance with a simple instruction for how to enter their names on their final examination papers; approximately 33% were not. The compliance rate over the years declined from 73% to 59%.

MeSH terms

  • Cognition*
  • Educational Measurement*
  • Humans
  • Students / psychology*