APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Peer Review Sessions Are Motivated By Anxiety and Improve Academic Performance

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Personality/Emotion

  • Allison Beckmann
    Iona College
  • Luke Brooks-Shesler
    Iona College
  • Alicia Stachowski
    University of Wisconsin-Stout
  • Arielle Lindstrom
    Iona College
  • Sarah Wong-Goodrich
    Iona College

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among anxiety, instructor and peer review sessions, and academic performance in an undergraduate psychology statistics course. Results suggest that students may attend peer review sessions to alleviate statistics anxiety, which in turn may improve academic performance.

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