Student confidence correlated with academic performance, horticultural science class study finds
Monday, April 4, 2011 - 11:33
in Psychology & Sociology
The psychological construct of "confidence" was the foundation of new research that examined university students' confidence levels, then correlated these levels to academic performance. Students were asked to record their confidence levels related to course content at the beginning of a horticultural science class, then again at the end of the course. Researchers found that assessment results compared with the students' academic performance showed that change in confidence was an indication of student learning.